Pin-tailed Snipe
Gallinago stenura
LCLeast Concern
- Family
- Sandpipers and Allies (Scolopacidae)
- Order
- Charadriiformes
Overview
The pin-tailed snipe or pintail snipe (Gallinago stenura) is a species of bird in the family Scolopacidae, the sandpipers.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Range and habitat
Breeds low Arctic tundra to temperate montane meadows from northwestern Siberia and northeastern Kazakhstan eastward to Sea of Okhotsk (eastern Siberia); winters inland wetlands from southern Arabian Peninsula eastward through southern Asia to Ryukyu Islands (southern Japan) and southward to Taiwan and Greater Sundas.
Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Pin-tailed snipe
- eBird: sightings, maps and photos
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- BirdLife DataZone: status and threats
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.
