Solitary Snipe Gallinago solitaria Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (40)
- Subspecies (2)
Jan van Gils, Popko Wiersma, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated March 7, 2017
Text last updated March 7, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Bergsnip |
| Bangla (India) | বনচাহা |
| Bulgarian | Планинска бекасина |
| Catalan | becadell solitari |
| Chinese | 孤田鷸 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 孤沙錐 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 孤沙锥 |
| Croatian | planinska šljuka |
| Czech | bekasina horská |
| Danish | Bjergbekkasin |
| Dutch | Bergsnip |
| English | Solitary Snipe |
| English (AVI) | Solitary Snipe |
| English (United States) | Solitary Snipe |
| Estonian | mäginepp |
| Finnish | vuorikurppa |
| French | Bécassine solitaire |
| French (Canada) | Bécassine solitaire |
| German | Einsiedlerbekassine |
| Japanese | アオシギ |
| Kazakh | Тау маңқысы |
| Korean | 청도요 |
| Kyrgyz | Тоо эчки маарагы |
| Ladakhi | མཐིང་རིལ། |
| Mongolian | Өнчин хараалж |
| Nepali (India) | भर्का चाहा |
| Nepali (Nepal) | भार्का चाहा |
| Norwegian | fjellbekkasin |
| Persian | پاشلک تکزی |
| Polish | bekas górski |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Narceja-solitária |
| Russian | Горный дупель |
| Serbian | Planinska šljuka |
| Slovak | močiarnica samotárska |
| Slovenian | Samotna kozica |
| Spanish | Agachadiza Solitaria |
| Spanish (Spain) | Agachadiza solitaria |
| Swedish | bergbeckasin |
| Turkish | Kehribar Göğüslü Suçulluğu |
| Ukrainian | Баранець-самітник |
Gallinago solitaria Hodgson, 1831
PROTONYM:
Gallinago solitaria
Hodgson, 1831. Gleanings in Science 3, p.238.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Nepal.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- GALLINAGO
- gallinago
- solitaria / solitaris / solitarius
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Introduction
Subspecies
SUBSPECIES
Gallinago solitaria solitaria Scientific name definitions
Distribution
high mountains of C Asia in SC Siberia, Mongolia through Altai to NW China; winters in Tien Shan and Pamirs to Himalayas S to Pakistan and N India, and E to Myanmar.
Gallinago solitaria solitaria Hodgson, 1831
PROTONYM:
Gallinago solitaria
Hodgson, 1831. Gleanings in Science 3, p.238.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Nepal.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- GALLINAGO
- gallinago
- solitaria / solitaris / solitarius
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
SUBSPECIES
Gallinago solitaria japonica Scientific name definitions
Distribution
mountains of SE Siberia and NE China (Heilongjiang), and from Stanovoy Mts through Dzhugdzhur and Kolymskiy Mts to Kamchatka; winters from Amurland and Sakhalin S to Korea, Japan and E China.
Gallinago solitaria japonica (Bonaparte, 1856)
PROTONYM:
Spilura solitaria japonica
Bonaparte, 1856. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences 43, p.579.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Ex Scolopax solitaria Temminck and Schlegel, in Siebold's Fauna Jap., = Japan.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- GALLINAGO
- gallinago
- solitaria / solitaris / solitarius
- japanensis / japanicus / japensis / japonensis / japonica / japonicum / japonicus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
- Year-round
- Migration
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Distribution of the Solitary Snipe
