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 media (Latham, 1787)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

GallinagoBrisson, 1760accepted genus name

Species group names

Scolopax media Latham, 1787 synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Albanian: shapka e madhe e ujit; shepka e madhe e ujit 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: Средна бекасина sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Danish: tredækker sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Dutch: poelsnip sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 English: great snipe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 French: bécassine double sources: Avibase - the world bird database.
 German: Doppelschnepfe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Greek: Διπλομπεκάτσινο sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Hebrew: חרטומית בינונית sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Italian: croccolone sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Lithuanian: stulgys sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian: dobbeltbekkasin sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Bokmål: dobbeltbekkasin sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Nynorsk: dobbeltbekkasin sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Polish: dubelt sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Romanian: becaţină mare sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Russian: дупель sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Slovenian: čoketa sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Spanish, Castillian: agachadiza real sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Swedish: dubbelbeckasin sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Turkish: buyk su cullugu; büyük su çulluğu sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Ukrainian: Баранець великий sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Welsh: gïach mawr

Literature

basis of record

BODC. (2009). Species list from the British Oceanographic Data Centre. BODC. (2009). Species list from the British Oceanographic Data Centre.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Gallinago media (Latham, 1787). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=416701

Drs. Cees Roselaar. Gallinago media (Latham, 1787). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/001ec610-1566-43dd-a32b-588d94b712ff

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, terrestrial

Importance

no data

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GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:416701
urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:96825

Last modified

2021-08-05 by Drs. Cees Roselaar & by db_admin

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