Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Passerae > Superorder Ciconiimorphae > Order Charadriiformes > Suborder Charadrii > Superfamily Scolopacoidea > Family Scolopacidae > Genus Gallinago

Gallinago gallinago (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Gallinago*	Brisson, 1760	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Scolopax gallinago*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: shapka e ujit; shaptorja e ujit; shepka e ujit; shepkujca sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Bulgarian: Кръшкач sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: dobbeltbekkasin sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: watersnip

English: common snipe; snipe sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS);PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

French: bécassine des marais

German: Bekassine sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Κοινό Μπεκατσίνι sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Hebrew: חרטומית בצות; חרטומית הביצות sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: beccaccino sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: perkūno oželis sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: enkeltbekkasin sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: enkeltbekkasin sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: enkeltbekkasin sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: kszyk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Romanian: becaţină comună sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: бекас sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Scottish Gaelic: naoscach sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: kozica sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: agachadiza común sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: enkelbeckasin sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: su cullugu; su çulluğu sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Баранець звичайний; Звичайний баранець sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: gïach cyffredin

Literature

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.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.
additional source	Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68: p.
additional source	Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 221: 532 p.
additional source	Vanner, M. (2003). The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. 1-383.
additional source	Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.