Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Afrikaans | Dubbelsnip |
Albanian | Shapka e madhe e ujit |
Arabic | شنقب كبير |
Armenian | Կրկնակտցար |
Asturian | Gacha real |
Azerbaijani | Böyük tənbəlcüllüt |
Basque | Istingor handia |
Bulgarian | Голяма бекасина |
Catalan | Becadell reial |
Croatian | šljuka livadarka |
Czech | bekasina větší |
Danish | Tredækker |
Dutch | Poelsnip |
English | Great Snipe |
English (United States) | Great Snipe |
Finnish | heinäkurppa |
French | Bécassine double |
French (France) | Bécassine double |
Galician | Aguaneta real |
German | Doppelschnepfe |
Greek | Διπλομπεκάτσινο |
Hebrew | חרטומית בינונית |
Hungarian | Nagy sárszalonka |
Icelandic | Heiðasnípa |
Italian | Croccolone |
Japanese | ヨーロッパジシギ |
Latvian | Ķikuts |
Lithuanian | Stulgys |
Norwegian | dobbeltbekkasin |
Persian | پاشلک بزرگ |
Polish | dubelt |
Portuguese (Angola) | Narceja-real |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Narceja-real |
Romanian | Becațină mare |
Russian | Дупель |
Serbian | Šljuka livadarka |
Slovak | močiarnica tichá |
Slovenian | Čoketa |
Spanish | Agachadiza Real |
Spanish (Spain) | Agachadiza real |
Swedish | dubbelbeckasin |
Turkish | Büyük Suçulluğu |
Ukrainian | Баранець великий |
Gallinago media (Latham, 1787)
PROTONYM:
Scolopax Media
Latham, 1787. Supplement to the general synopsis of birds, p.292.
TYPE LOCALITY:
England, based on Gen. Syn., 3, pt. 1, p. 133, no. 4.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- GALLINAGO
- gallinago
- media
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Great Snipe Gallinago media Scientific name definitions
Jan Van Gils, Popko Wiersma, Guy M. Kirwan, and Christopher J. Sharpe
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated August 15, 2016
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated August 15, 2016
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Great Snipe Gallinago media
Authors
Jan Van Gils, Popko Wiersma, Guy M. Kirwan, and Christopher J. Sharpe
Recommended Citation
Van Gils, J., P. Wiersma, G. M. Kirwan, and C. J. Sharpe (2020). Great Snipe (Gallinago media), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.gresni1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- August 15, 2016
- Great Snipe Gallinago media
Authors
Jan Van Gils, Popko Wiersma, Guy M. Kirwan, and Christopher J. Sharpe
Revisors
Guy M. Kirwan and Christopher J. Sharpe
Recommended Citation
Van Gils, J., P. Wiersma, G. M. Kirwan, and C. J. Sharpe (2016). Great Snipe (Gallinago media). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.