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Gallinago magellanica

Magellanic Snipe


Gallinago magellanica

(King, PP, 1828)
Becasina Patagónica
Family: Scolopacidae
Order: Charadriiformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Synonyms: Scolopax magellanicus.




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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern


Description


Taxonomic notes:

-10/12/2022: HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 started to consider the Patagonian Snipe (Gallinago magellanica) as a full species, so we no longer consider it an "EcoRegistros Exception," and both sources now follow the same criterion.




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Foto
Photography ID: 512199
  Adult
Ushuaia
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
01/15/2018
Pablo Rivero
Foto
Photography ID: 334599
  Adult
El Chaltén
Santa Cruz
Argentina
10/18/2018
Glauco Oliveira
Foto
Photography ID: 282701
  Adult
Añelo
Neuquén
Argentina
06/21/2018
Fernando Naifleisch
Foto
Photography ID: 272908
  Adult
El Calafate
Santa Cruz
Argentina
03/18/2018
Gustavo Fernando Durán
Foto
Photography ID: 262548
  Adult
General Roca
Río Negro
Argentina
04/29/2018
Alicia Miller



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
86936618/12/2018ArgentinaTierra del FuegoIsla de los EstadosUlises Balza
85511606/12/2018ArgentinaSanta CruzReserva Laguna Nimez1Nicolas Fabian Fontanella
84868126/11/2018ArgentinaSanta CruzRuta Provincial 1 (-51,906590, -69,129403)3Mariano Costa
84503326/11/2018ArgentinaSanta CruzRuta Provincial 1 (-51,906590, -69,129403)2Jorge La Grotteria
84106420/11/2018ArgentinaSanta CruzEl CalafateMarcelo Gavensky
127059319/11/2018ArgentinaSanta CruzReserva Ecológica Municipal Laguna Nimez, El Calafate5Mariano Micheluzzi
178636805/11/2018ArgentinaTierra del FuegoCosta Atlántica frente a Río GrandeNino A. Grangetto
127059202/11/2018ArgentinaSanta CruzReserva Ecológica Municipal Laguna Nimez, El Calafate7Mariano Micheluzzi
82928429/10/2018ArgentinaSanta CruzReserva Laguna NimezNicolas Olejnik
127056928/10/2018ArgentinaSanta CruzArroyo Calafate, Lago Argentino4Mariano Micheluzzi
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Magellanic Snipe (Gallinago magellanica) – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 25/09/2026.