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Common Snipe

Gallinago gallinago

The Common Snipe is a wading bird known for its long bill and beautiful, striped feathers. They love to hide in tall grass and wetlands, making them tricky to spot!

Hábitat: Wetlands

Aspecto

The Common Snipe has a stocky body with intricate brown, black, and buff streaky plumage, making it exceptionally camouflaged against wetland vegetation. It features a strikingly long, straight bill and distinctive dark stripes running through its eyes, contrasting with pale stripes above and below.

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Common Snipe
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Common Snipe

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Datos interesantes

A male snipe makes a 'drumming' sound with its outer tail feathers during a spectacular courtship dive.

Despite being ground-nesting birds, newly hatched snipe chicks can walk and feed themselves almost immediately!

The Common Snipe’s long bill is super sensitive, acting like tweezers to grab hidden food without opening its entire mouth!

Their eyes are placed far back on their heads, giving them nearly 360-degree vision!

Habilidades especiales

Habilidad

Zig-Zag Escape

Common Snipe can fly in unpredictable zig-zag patterns because this helps them dodge predators in mid-air.

Habilidad

Sensitive Snout

Common Snipe has a flexible bill tip that helps them feel for worms and insects hidden deep in the mud.

Habilidad

Stealthy Blend

Common Snipe can blend perfectly into reedy marshes because its patterned feathers mimic the surrounding plant life.

Habilidad

Sky Drummer

Common Snipe creates a unique 'drumming' sound with its tail feathers while diving during courtship flights.

Medidas y detalles

Longitud
23-28 cm
Envergadura
39-45 cm
Peso
0.08-0.14 kg
Esperanza de vida
2-5 años
Top Speed
80 km/h
Tamaño de la puesta
3-4
Incubación
18-21 días
Distancia de migración
3000 km

Dieta y alimentación

They slurp up squishy worms and tasty insects hidden in the mud with their super long bills!

Alimentos principales

  • Earthworms
  • Insect larvae
  • Beetles
  • Spiders
  • Snails
  • Crayfish

Método de búsqueda

  • Foraging

Conexiones ecológicas

eats

Common Earthworm

Lumbricus terrestris

a favorite food found in mud.

eats

European Crane Fly

Tipula oleracea

eats the larvae of this insect.

eaten by

Red Fox

Vulpes vulpes

preys on eggs, chicks, and adults.

eaten by

Peregrine Falcon

Falco peregrinus

a fast aerial predator.

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If you see a bird, watch quietly and don't get too close, so you don't scare it away.

Preguntas frecuentes

¿Cuál es el longitud de Common Snipe?

23-28 cm

¿Cuál es el envergadura de Common Snipe?

39-45 cm

¿Cuál es el peso de Common Snipe?

0.08-0.14 kg

¿Cuál es el esperanza de vida de Common Snipe?

2-5 años

¿Cuál es el top Speed de Common Snipe?

80 km/h

¿Qué come Common Snipe?

They slurp up squishy worms and tasty insects hidden in the mud with their super long bills!

¿Dónde se encuentra normalmente Common Snipe?

Wetlands

¿Cómo caza Common Snipe?

Foraging

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