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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 Río Grande

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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Photography ID: 44875
  Adult
Río Grande
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
01/27/2014
Alec Earnshaw



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
224297913/01/2025ArgentinaTierra del FuegoEa. Las Hijas, Río Grande1Ralph Roberts
223735305/01/2025ArgentinaTierra del FuegoEa. La Catalana--Laguna de las Gallaretas, Río Grande1Ralph Roberts
223730303/01/2025ArgentinaTierra del FuegoEa. La Catalana--Potrero Las Tumbas, Río Grande1Ralph Roberts
223729201/01/2025ArgentinaTierra del FuegoEa. La Catalana--Laguna del las Becasinas, Río Grande5Ralph Roberts
223727431/12/2024ArgentinaTierra del FuegoEa La Catalana-Potrero La Legua, Río Grande1Ralph Roberts
222704726/12/2024ArgentinaTierra del FuegoEa. La Catalana--Laguna de las Gallaretas, Río Grande3Ralph Roberts
222688025/12/2024ArgentinaTierra del FuegoEa. La Catalana--Potrero Las Tumbas, Río Grande1Ralph Roberts
222676922/12/2024ArgentinaTierra del FuegoEa. La Catalana--Potrero Guanaco, Río Grande1Ralph Roberts
222674221/12/2024ArgentinaTierra del FuegoEa La Catalana--Vega de los Chorlos, Río Grande3Ralph Roberts
221116715/12/2024ArgentinaTierra del FuegoEa. La Catalana-- Potrero El Faldeo, Río Grande4Ralph Roberts
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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 20/09/2026.