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Great snipe

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q27171
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Summary

Great snipe is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (486 views/month, #1,610 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Near Threatened[4]
  • Parent taxon: Gallinago[5]
  • Taxon name: Gallinago media[6]
  • Commons category: Gallinago media[7]
  • Commons gallery: Gallinago media[8]
  • External data available at URL: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/2c04922c-82dd-4718-ab22-c9772408de9c[9]
  • Short name: G. media[10]
  • Taxon common name: gïach mawr[11], Great Snipe[12], Doppelschnepfe[13], Agachadiza real[14], becadell reial[15], bekasina větší[16], rohunepp[17], Dobbeltbekkasin[18], Дупель[19], ヨーロッパジシギ[20], Tredækker[21], heinäkurppa[22], nagy sárszalonka[23], (bekas) dubelt[24]
  • Wingspan: 48.5 cm[25]
  • Mass: 23.2 g[26]

Body

Identifiers

Great snipe's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 3919[27]. Great snipe's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 114734[28]. Great snipe's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45513587[29]. Great snipe's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2481831[30]. Great snipe's ITIS TSN is recorded as 176704[31].

Why It Matters

Great snipe has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Related Entities

Burkina Faso

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [28] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [31] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [30] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . Gwefan Llên Natur. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . Handbook of the Birds of the World. wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . AVIAN BODY SIZES IN RELATION TO FECUNDITY, MATING SYSTEM, DISPLAY BEHAVIOR, AND RESOURCE SHARING. wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · MPF · 2026-07-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon common name → {'lang': 'cy', 'text': 'gïach mawr'}, {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Great Snipe'}, {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Doppelschnepfe'} +33
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Taxon common name: great snipe"
  2. 22w ago · AraBot bot · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Litter size → {'amount': '+4'}
    Taxon range → Africa, Burkina Faso
    Egg incubation period → {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+23'}
    Instance of → —
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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