great snipe
gallinago media latin

In a space between two hummocks, close to one of them, he made out a great snipe.

Great Snipe is obviously larger, darker, and relatively shorter billed.

Not a great snipe but a snipe tore up from under the dog.

For example, increased vocalization rate caused a decrease in the mass of male Great Snipe.

And before Stepan Arkadyich had time to get close, a great snipe had already flown up.

And great snipe, too.

Ten steps from the former place, with a thick creech and the swelling noise of wings peculiar to its kind, a single great snipe flew up.

The first record of a displaying Great Snipe came from 11-16 May at Cley where one was seen lekking.

Alam-Pedja is the most important breeding area for Great Snipe in Estonia and the Baltic countries.

They include the sage grouse of North America, and the black grouse, ruff and great snipe of northern Europe.

The Great Snipe (Gallinago media) is a small stocky wader in the genus Gallinago.

It has been shown that avian females such as the Black Grouse, and Great Snipe are faithful to males and not mating sites.

These include migrant Malagasy Pond Heron, Pallid Harrier and Great Snipe.

The zigzagging of the great snipe and the lightning rapidity of the flight and movements of the red-tailed hawk make the pastime a delightful one.

GREAT SNIPE Gallinago media.

The African Snipe can only be confused with the three migrant snipes that occur in its range, Common, Pin-tailed and Great Snipe.

It looked large, it didn't 'jig about' in flight like common snipe and it didn't call - it was a great snipe, another new bird for the trip.

The great snipe is a summer visitor to Norway and the Baltic provinces, and is hard to come by in Britain, where it is a vagrant winter visitor.

Species that have caused particular problems include Black Kite, Great Snipe, Gyrfalcon, Gull-billed Tern, and North Atlantic Little Shearwater.

The Great Snipe is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.

Other rare species are present too, such as the Lesser White-fronted Goose, the Great Snipe, the Red-throated Pipit, the Long-tailed Duck and the Bar-tailed Godwit.

This include Lesser White-fronted Goose, Gyrfalcon, Golden Eagle, White-tailed Eagle, Great Snipe, Rough-legged Buzzard and Long-tailed Jaeger.

Fossils of the Great Snipe have been uncovered in North Carolina, dating back to about 4.465 Ma 0.865M. This suggests the bird must have at some point relocated across the Atlantic Ocean.

From there it goes to the right, where those horses are; it's hummocky and there are great snipe; and then around the sedge to that alder grove over there and right up to the mill.

'Wait, wait, I know it's nineteen,' said Levin, counting for a second time the snipe and great snipe, doubled up and dry, caked with blood, their heads twisted to the side, no longer looking as impressive as when they flew.

The Great Snipe (Gallinago media) is a small stocky wader in the genus Gallinago.

GREAT SNIPE Gallinago media.

Of the migratory birds 81 belong to Palaearctic family and two species are of global conservation concern, namely Falco naumanni (Vulnerable) and Gallinago media (Near Threatened).