The common snipe (Gallinago gallinago) is a small, stocky wader native to the Old World. The scientific name gallinago is New Latin for a woodcock or snipe from Latin gallina, "hen" and the suffix -ago, "resembling".
Taxonomy:genus | Gallinago |
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Taxonomy:family | Scolopacidae |
Taxonomy:order | Charadriiformes |
Taxonomy:class | Aves |