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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 Ushuaia

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: 638755
 Ushuaia
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
12/03/2023
Gustavo Marasco
Foto
Photography ID: 614620
 Ushuaia
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
11/10/2024
Jorge La Grotteria
Foto
Photography ID: 614619
 Ushuaia
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
11/10/2024
Jorge La Grotteria
Foto
Photography ID: 614618
 Ushuaia
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
11/10/2024
Jorge La Grotteria
Foto
Photography ID: 614542
 Ushuaia
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
11/10/2024
Jorge La Grotteria
Foto
Photography ID: 614541
 Ushuaia
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
11/10/2024
Jorge La Grotteria
Foto
Photography ID: 614540
 Ushuaia
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
11/10/2024
Jorge La Grotteria
Foto
Photography ID: 614166
 Ushuaia
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
11/09/2024
Jorge La Grotteria
Foto
Photography ID: 614165
 Ushuaia
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
11/09/2024
Jorge La Grotteria
Foto
Photography ID: 614164
 Ushuaia
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
11/09/2024
Jorge La Grotteria
Foto
Photography ID: 533457
  Adult
Ushuaia
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
04/21/2023
Susana Gomez
Foto
Photography ID: 524514
  Adult
Ushuaia
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
02/02/2011
Ramon Moller Jensen



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Species vocalizations

Last vocalizations published


Audio playerUserDateCountryProvincePlaceSexLife stageIt was observedDetails
Gustavo Fernando Durán12/07/2025ArgentinaTierra del FuegoOnas 181, UshuaiaN/AN/ANoNo
Gustavo Fernando Durán12/07/2025ArgentinaTierra del FuegoOnas 181, UshuaiaN/AN/ANoNo
Gustavo Fernando Durán12/07/2025ArgentinaTierra del FuegoOnas 181, UshuaiaN/AN/ANoNo
Gustavo Fernando Durán12/02/2025ArgentinaTierra del FuegoTeniente Miguel Berraz 113, UshuaiaN/AN/ANoNo
Jorge La Grotteria11/10/2024ArgentinaTierra del FuegoReserva Natural Urbana Bahía Encerrada, UshuaiaN/AN/AYesNo
Jorge La Grotteria11/09/2024ArgentinaTierra del FuegoAvenida Prefectura Naval Argentina, UshuaiaN/AN/AYesNo



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 Detail of places sorted by number of records







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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
239647007/12/202517:33ArgentinaTierra del FuegoOnas 181, UshuaiaGustavo Fernando Durán
239574302/12/202511:24ArgentinaTierra del FuegoTeniente Miguel Berraz 113, Ushuaia1Gustavo Fernando Durán
239573202/12/202510:54ArgentinaTierra del FuegoAvenida Malvinas Argentinas 120, Ushuaia1Gustavo Fernando Durán
218573510/11/2024ArgentinaTierra del FuegoReserva Natural Urbana Bahía Encerrada, Ushuaia1Jorge La Grotteria
218572710/11/2024ArgentinaTierra del FuegoAvenida Malvinas Argentinas 20, Ushuaia4Jorge La Grotteria
218572210/11/2024ArgentinaTierra del FuegoAvenida Maipú 1999, Ushuaia1Jorge La Grotteria
218568010/11/2024ArgentinaTierra del FuegoAvenida San Martín 1589, Ushuaia1María Alejandra Sosa
218566510/11/2024ArgentinaTierra del FuegoAvenida Malvinas Argentinas 20, Ushuaia4María Alejandra Sosa
218564310/11/2024ArgentinaTierra del FuegoAvenida Maipú 1999, Ushuaia1María Alejandra Sosa
218557709/11/2024ArgentinaTierra del FuegoTeniente Romualdo Migliardo 200, Ushuaia1María Alejandra Sosa
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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.