Imperial snipe photograph

Imperial Snipe

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Scientific nameGallinago imperialis
Conservation statusNear Threatened (Population decreasing)
Phylum Chordata
Higher classification Snipes
Order Shorebirds
Rank Species
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Date of Upd.
ID2936824
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About Imperial Snipe


The imperial snipe is a small stocky wader which breeds in the Andes. For a century it was known only from two specimens collected near Bogotá, Colombia, and was presumed extinct, but it was rediscovered in Peru in 1967 and Ecuador in 1988. It is not known if it is migratory.

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