Common Snipe

Common snipe habitat
During the breeding season, the common snipe inhabits fresh and brackish marshlands with a combination of grassy cover and rich, moist soils, often at the edges of lakes, rivers and swamps. Outside the breeding season, it inhabits similar areas, but with more use of artificial habitats, such as wet farmland and drainage ditches, and coastal areas, including the upper reaches of estuaries

Common snipe range
The common snipe is a widespread wetland bird that breeds at northern latitudes and migrates southwards before the onset of winter. During the breeding season, this elusive bird may be found throughout Alaska and Canada and the west of the United States, and from Iceland, the Faeroe Islands and the United Kingdom, east towards northern Russia and south to northern Spain, Austria, Ukraine, southern Siberia and northern China. At other times of the year, it may also be found in Central America, northern South America, sub-Saharan Africa, central and southern Europe, and South and Southeast Asia. Some populations, however, such as those in the western United States and western Europe, may remain at the same location year-round
 * Also known as
 * American snipe, European snipe, snipe, Wilson’s snipe.


 * French
 * Bécassine des marais.


 * Size
 * Head-body length: 25 – 27 cm
 * Wingspan: 44 – 47 cm
 * Weight
 * 72 – 181 g

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