LC
Puna Snipe Gallinago andina



Taxonomy

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.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history
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
Species attributes

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

Estimate Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident) 425,700 km2 medium
Severely fragmented? no -
Population
Estimate Data quality Derivation Year of estimate
Population size 5000-20000 mature individuals - - 2023
Population trend stable - suspected -
Generation length 3.79 years - - -

Population justification: Poorly known, but locally common throughout its large range, especially in Peru (Schulenberg et al. 2007). Nonetheless, it is patchily distributed (eBird 2024), and Boyla and Estrada (2005) estimated the global population as 10,000-25,000 individuals. In a recent appraisal of South American shorebird populations, Lesterhuis et al. (in prep.) used published estimates, eBird data, and national census data to generate a population size estimate of c.9,000 individuals. Assuming that for all of these counts that they do not all refer to mature individuals (and instead 0.6-0.8 are mature), then the global population size is estimated as (rounded) 5,000-20,000 mature individuals.

Trend justification: Suspected to be stable in the absence of plausible threats operating in this species' largely very remote range, and the species' persistence even close to towns and villages (eBird 2024).


Country/territory distribution
Country/Territory Presence Origin Resident Breeding visitor Non-breeding visitor Passage migrant
Argentina extant native yes
Bolivia extant native yes
Chile extant native yes
Ecuador extant native yes
Peru extant native yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)
Country/Territory IBA Name

Habitats & altitude
Habitat (level 1) Habitat (level 2) Importance Occurrence
Wetlands (inland) Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands major resident
Altitude 3100 - 4400 m Occasional altitudinal limits  

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Species factsheet: Puna Snipe Gallinago andina. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/puna-snipe-gallinago-andina on 10/01/2025.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2025) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 10/01/2025.