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• Distribution map
• Reference and further resources

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.
SACC. 2005 and updates. A classification of the bird species of South America. Available at: https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2024	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	8500 mature individuals	poor	estimated	2024
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	4.65 years	-	-	-
Number of subpopulations	2-10	-	-	-

Population justification:  A recent estimate of its population size is 12,700 individuals (Lesterhuis et al. in prep), equating to approximately 8,500 mature individuals, although this estimate is considered low quality owing to its nocturnal habits and extremely secretive behaviour, which might exaggerate the impression of its scarcity (Van Gils et al. 2020).

Trend justification: Some indications suggest potential declines in localised areas within its extensive range due to hunting (Van Gils et al. 2020). Nevertheless, there is currently no evidence indicating a widespread decline that would approach thresholds warranting consideration as threatened.

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Bolivia	possibly extant	native	yes
Brazil	extant	native	yes
Colombia	extant	native	yes
French Guiana	extant	native	yes
Guyana	extant	native	yes
Paraguay	extant	native	yes
Suriname	extant	native	yes
Venezuela	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Grassland	Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded	major	resident
Savanna	Dry	suitable	resident
Wetlands (inland)	Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 2200 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Biological resource use	Hunting & trapping terrestrial animals - Intentional use (species is the target)	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Unknown		Unknown
		Stresses Species mortality

Purpose	Scale
Unknown	subsistence, national

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Giant Snipe Gallinago undulata. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/giant-snipe-gallinago-undulata on 18/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 18/12/2024.