Madagascar Snipe

Gallinago macrodactyla - Bécassine malgache

Bécassine malgache
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Charadriiformes

  • Family
    :

    Scolopacidés

  • Genus
    :

    Gallinago

  • Species
    :

    macrodactyla

Descriptor

Bonaparte, 1839

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 32 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    :
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Bécassine malgache
Bécassine malgache

Madagascar Snipe (Gallinago macrodactyla) is a species of bird in the Scolopacidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Bécassine malgache,
  • Agachadiza malgache,
  • narceja-de-madagáscar,
  • Madagaskarbekassine,
  • madagaszkári sárszalonka,
  • Madagaskarsnip,
  • Beccaccino del Madagascar,
  • madagaskarbeckasin,
  • Madagaskarbekkasin,
  • močiarnica veľkozobá,
  • bekasina madagaskarská,
  • Madagaskarbekkasin,
  • madagaskarinkurppa,
  • becadell de Madagascar,
  • bekas madagaskarski,
  • Мадагаскарский бекас,
  • マダガスカルジシギ,
  • 马岛沙锥,
  • madagaskarbeckasin,
  • 馬達加斯加沙錐,

Voice song and call

Bécassine malgache

Habitat

Wetlands (inland) : Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha) ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Water Storage Areas (over 8ha), Ponds (below 8ha), Seasonally Flooded Agricultural Land

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Other sources of interest

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