Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
Dobbeltbekkasinen er en vadefugl med et karakteristisk langt næb. Den måler ca.
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.
Behaviour
Sits tight in low vegetation and flushes abruptly in a zig-zagging escape; probes soft mud with the long bill.
When and where
A fairly common breeder on wet meadows and bogs and a very common passage migrant in Denmark.
Facts
Wingspan
52 cm
Conservation status
ikke truet
Relatives
Family
sandpipers and allies
Scolopacidae
Order
waders, gulls and auks
Charadriiformes
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