Common Snipe

Gallinago gallinago

Order

CHARADRIIFORMES

Family

Sandpipers (Scolopacidae)

Code 4

COSN

Code 6

GALGAN

ITIS

HEAD

Bill Shape: Dagger
Eye Color: Dark brown
Head Pattern: Striped
Crown Color: Pale brown and brown longitudinal stripes.
Forehead Color: Brown
Nape Color: Brown
Throat Color: Brown
Cere color: No Data

BODY

Length Range: 27 cm (10.5 in)
Weight: 128 g (4.5 oz)
Size: 3. Medium (9 - 16 in)
Color Primary: Brown
Underparts: Pale brown and brown sides and breast; white belly.
Upperparts: Pale brown, brown and black.
Back Pattern: Barred or banded, Striped or streaked
Belly Pattern: Solid
Breast Pattern: Barred or banded, Striped or streaked

FLIGHT

Flight Pattern: When startled from ground will leap up with dashing erratic flight and drop to ground again quickly. Courtship flight has fairly shallow quivering wingbeats.
Wingspan Range: 39-45 cm (15.4-17.7 in)
Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
Tail Shape: Rounded Tail
Tail Pattern: Barred
Upper Tail: Brown
Under Tail: Brown
Leg Color: Yellow-green

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