Giant Snipe bird informationValues
Conservation statusLC - Least concern
SynonymsGeant snipe
Old latin name for birdScolopax undulata, Capella undulata
OrderShorebirds / Charadriiformes
FamilySandpipers, Snipes / Scolopacidae
GenusGallinago
Breeding regionSouth America
Breeding subregionwet grassland of n, se South America

Giant Snipe bird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Alarm call, male, © Nunes D'Acosta
    Brazil
  • 2.
    Alarm call, © Nunes D'Acosta
    Brazil
  • 3.
    Song, © Jerome Fischer
    Brazil
  • 4.
    Flight call, song, © Jerome Fischer
    Brazil
  • 5.
    Song, © Eric DeFonso
    Brazil
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    Alarm call, call, © Sandra V. Valderrama & David W. Bradley
    Colombia
  • 7.
    Song, © Eric DeFonso
    Brazil
  • 8.
    Call from the ground and wings sounds in high flight display, © Bernabe Lopez-Lanus
    Argentina
  • 9.
    Song, © Eric DeFonso
    Brazil
  • 10.
    Song, © Rafael Martos Martins
    Brazil
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Where to see Giant Snipe

Giant Snipe subspecies (2)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Gallinago undulata giganteae Bolivia to Paraguay, se Brazil and Uruguay-No
Gallinago undulata undulatac, e Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas and far n Brazil-No

Translation

LanguageTranslation
Bengaliফৃ঴ৎ চযাগা
Catalanbecadell gegant
Chinese巨沙锥
Chinese (Traditional)巨沙錐
Croatianvelika šljuka
Czechbekasina velká
DanishKæmpebekkasin
DutchReuzensnip
EsperantoGiganta galinago
Estonianhiidnepp
Finnishisokurppa
FrenchBécassine géante
GermanRiesenbekassine
GuaraniJakavere guasu, Jakavere-guasu
Hungarianóriássárszalonka
ItalianBeccaccino gigante, Beccacino gigante
Japaneseオニタシギ
Lithuaniandidysis perkūno oželis
NorwegianKjempebekkasin, kjempebekkasin
Norwegian NynorskKjempebekkasin
Polishbekas wielki
Portuguesenarceja-gigante, batuirão, água-só, narcejao, Galinhola, Saia-dela, rapaz, narcejão
RussianБольшой бекас
SerbianVelika barska šljuka
Slovakmočiarnica vlnkovaná
SpanishBecasina Gigante, Agachadiza gigante
Swedishjättebeckasin
Tatarдәү чуллык
TurkishBüyük Çulluk
Ukrainianбаранець-велетень