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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


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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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Photography ID: 639413
 Esquel
Chubut
Argentina
03/03/2020
Gustavo Marasco
Foto
Photography ID: 556051
  Adult
Montevideo
Montevideo
Uruguay
05/08/2020
Luis Maria Piñeyrua Pittaluga
Foto
Photography ID: 382740
  Adult
El Calafate
Santa Cruz
Argentina
01/11/2020
Guillermo Marcaida
Foto
Photography ID: 382490
  Adult
El Calafate
Santa Cruz
Argentina
01/11/2020
Elsa Longo



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
206676231/12/2020ArgentinaTierra del FuegoEa Cabo San Pablo, Río Grande1Ralph Roberts
207776421/12/2020ArgentinaTierra del FuegoEa. San Pablo, Río Grande1Kenneth Roberts
206687419/12/2020ArgentinaTierra del FuegoEa. San Pablo, Río Grande4Ralph Roberts
207776318/12/2020ArgentinaTierra del FuegoEa. San Pablo, Río Grande1Kenneth Roberts
207776208/12/2020ArgentinaTierra del FuegoEa. San Pablo, Río Grande1Kenneth Roberts
133136005/12/2020ArgentinaChubutComodoro RivadaviaGuillermo Enrique Rost
132192905/12/2020ArgentinaNeuquénJunin de los Andes1Nicolas Olejnik
131950429/11/2020ArgentinaNeuquénJunin de los AndesNicolas Olejnik
131847628/11/2020ArgentinaNeuquénJunin de los Andes1Nicolas Olejnik
207776109/11/2020ArgentinaTierra del FuegoEa. San Pablo, Río Grande1Kenneth Roberts
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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 26/09/2026.