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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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Records from El Calafate

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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Species photographs

Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 668346
 El Calafate
Santa Cruz
Argentina
12/28/2025
Hernán Tolosa
Foto
Photography ID: 639858
 El Calafate
Santa Cruz
Argentina
11/25/2021
Gustavo Marasco
Foto
Photography ID: 578142
 El Calafate
Santa Cruz
Argentina
10/22/2023
Graciela Viviana
Foto
Photography ID: 553961
 El Calafate
Santa Cruz
Argentina
10/21/2023
Lotfi Si Saber
Foto
Photography ID: 511765
  Adult
El Calafate
Santa Cruz
Argentina
10/20/2022
Hugo Alberto Valderrey
Foto
Photography ID: 483006
  Adult
El Calafate
Santa Cruz
Argentina
02/07/2022
Hernán Tolosa
Foto
Photography ID: 472237
  Adult
El Calafate
Santa Cruz
Argentina
11/09/2021
Andrés Cecconi
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
Foto
Photography ID: 317784
  Adult
El Calafate
Santa Cruz
Argentina
01/06/2019
Gustavo Daniel González
Foto
Photography ID: 272908
  Adult
El Calafate
Santa Cruz
Argentina
03/18/2018
Gustavo Fernando Durán
Foto
Photography ID: 246959
  Adult
El Calafate
Santa Cruz
Argentina
01/28/2018
Jorge Carlos Trincavelli



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Species vocalizations

Last vocalizations published


Audio playerUserDateCountryProvincePlaceSexLife stageIt was observedDetails
Hugo Caverzasi12/11/2021ArgentinaSanta CruzReserva Ecológica Municipal Laguna Nimez, El CalafateN/AN/ANoNo



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Species videos

Last filmings published


Video ID: 4471
  Adult
El Calafate
Santa Cruz
Argentina
12/17/2019
Claudia Mora
Video ID: 1425
  Adult
El Calafate
Santa Cruz
Argentina
04/19/2016
Santos Di Mauro



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Species reports



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
241826628/12/2025ArgentinaSanta CruzEl CalafateHernán Tolosa
201655022/10/2023ArgentinaSanta CruzBahía redonda, El CalafateGraciela Viviana
190365521/10/2023ArgentinaSanta CruzReserva Ecológica Municipal Laguna Nimez, El CalafateLotfi Si Saber
173020715/02/2023ArgentinaSanta CruzBahía redonda, El Calafate5Gabriel Carbajales
173016514/02/2023ArgentinaSanta CruzReserva Ecológica Municipal Laguna Nimez, El Calafate4Gabriel Carbajales
166277020/10/2022ArgentinaSanta CruzEl CalafateHugo Alberto Valderrey
154865607/02/2022ArgentinaSanta CruzEl CalafateHernán Tolosa
152396511/12/2021ArgentinaSanta CruzReserva Ecológica Municipal Laguna Nimez, El CalafateHugo Caverzasi
230670025/11/2021ArgentinaSanta CruzReserva Ecológica Municipal Laguna Nimez, El CalafateGustavo Marasco
150129009/11/2021ArgentinaSanta CruzReserva Ecológica Municipal Laguna Nimez, El CalafateAndrés Cecconi
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Recommended citation
Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Magellanic Snipe (Gallinago magellanica) – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 14/09/2026.