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Gallinago gallinago (Linnaeus, 1758)

158949 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158949)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
Distribution North America; range extends from northern Labrador to Brazil  
Distribution North America; range extends from northern Labrador to Brazil [details]
CaRMS (2026). Gallinago gallinago (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158949 on 2026-09-28
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2026). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Gallinago gallinago (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158949 on 2026-09-28
Date
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2005-05-27 09:47:05Z
created
2011-04-08 06:18:06Z
checked
2011-04-27 09:01:37Z
changed
2026-06-18 12:27:51Z
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original description (of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

context source (Bermuda) Amos, E. J. R. (1991). A Guide to The Birds of Bermuda. 206 pp [details] 

context source (Schelde) Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

context source (HKRMS) Morton, B. & Morton, J. (1983). <i>The sea shore ecology of Hong Kong</i>. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. 350 pp. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004630673 [details] 

basis of record Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p. [details] 

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] 

additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details] 

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. <em>Fifth Edition.</em> Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p. [details] 

additional source Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p. [details] 

additional source Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 221: 532 p., available online at http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/library/116743.pdf [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Vanner, M. (2003). The encyclopedia of North American birds. <em>Paragon Publishing.</em> 1-383. [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Dimensions Length: 10 1/2" (27 cm) [details]

Distribution North America; range extends from northern Labrador to Brazil [details]

Reproduction Breeds from Labrador to Alaska north to the limit of trees and south to New Jersey, Iowa, and California. Winters from Virginia, Nebraska, and California south to Brazil and Columbia. Eggs are laid between early May to early July. [details]
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Albanian shepkujcashepka e ujitshaptorja e ujitshapka e ujit  [details]
Bulgarian Кръшкач  [details]
Danish dobbeltbekkasin  [details]
Dutch watersnip  [details]
English snipecommon snipe  [details]
French bécassine des marais  [details]
German Bekassine  [details]
Hebrew חרטומית הביצותחרטומית בצות  [details]
Italian beccaccino  [details]
Lithuanian perkūno oželis  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Κοινό Μπεκατσίνι  [details]
Norwegian enkeltbekkasin  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål enkeltbekkasin  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk enkeltbekkasin  [details]
Polish kszyk  [details]
Romanian becaţină comună  [details]
Russian бекас  [details]
Scottish Gaelic naoscach  [details]
Slovenian kozica  [details]
Spanish agachadiza común  [details]
Swedish enkelbeckasin  [details]
Turkish su çulluğusu cullugu  [details]
Ukrainian Звичайний баранецьБаранець звичайний  [details]
Welsh gïach cyffredin  [details]
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