Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Charadriiformes > Family Scolopacidae > Genus Gallinago

Gallinago gallinago (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Scolopax

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

GallinagoBrisson, 1760accepted genus name

Species group names

Scolopax gallinago Linnaeus, 1758 objective 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.
 Bokmål (Norwegian): enkeltbekkasin sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 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 sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
 English-United States: Common Snipe sources: Charles Hussey
 French: bécassine des marais
 Gaelic: naoscach sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Galician: Naoscach
 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
 Irish: Naoscach sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))
 Israel (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: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 147
 Norwegian Nynorsk: enkeltbekkasin sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 147
 Nynorsk (Norwegian): 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: 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

Field Guide to Birds of North America 1983

additional source

Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station.

additional source

Peterson, R.T. and V.M. Peterson. 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.

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. Bath. 383 p.

additional source

ITIS database

Genbank

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Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (31 nucleotides; 27 proteins)
Barcode of Life (21 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (340 publications)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Gallinago gallinago (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158949

Drs Cees Roselaar. Gallinago gallinago (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96824

Image

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


not marine, not brackish

Importance

no data

Provided by

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GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158949
urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:96824

Last modified

2011-04-27 by Drs Cees Roselaar & by Peter Adriaens

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