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Common Snipe

Gallinago gallinago

Common Snipe
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Dobbeltbekkasinen er en vadefugl med et karakteristisk langt næb. Den måler ca. 26 cm i længden, heraf det 7 cm lange næb.

Field marks

Medium-sized, cryptically camouflaged with a disproportionately long, straight bill, pale lengthwise stripes on head and back and barred flanks.

Can be confused with

  • Jack Snipe — Jack Snipe is smaller with a much shorter bill and flushes silently and only briefly — it lacks the Common Snipe's very long bill.

Voice

On flushing, a hoarse, explosive "kætsch"; in display flight a mechanical "drumming" from the outer tail feathers.

Facts

Wingspan

52 cm

Conservation status

ikke truet

Family

sandpipers and allies

Scolopacidae

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  • Danmarks Fugle at the Danish Ornithological Society (in Danish)
  • Wikipedia (in Danish)The description above is from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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