South American Snipe (Gallinago paraguaiae) | Details

South American Snipe Gallinago paraguaiae

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Previously lumped with G. magellanica as Gallinago paraguaiae (del Hoyo and Collar 2014). Sometimes treated as conspecific with G. gallinago (with G. delicata) and G. nigripennis; treated as conspecific with G. andina in HBW, but strong trend since at least mid-1980s against this view (see related note/s). Monotypic.

Taxonomic source(s)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International. 2022. Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Version 7. Available at: https://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v7_Dec22.zip.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2022	Least Concern
2016	Not Recognised
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Species attributes

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

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	16,700,000 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	100000-499999 mature individuals	poor	suspected	2022
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	3.79 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The population is suspected to number 25,000-100,000 mature individuals (Wetlands International 2022). However, based on the number of records (per eBird 2022), this value may be a considerable underestimate; the population is here tentatively placed in the band 100,000-499,999 mature individuals.

Trend justification: The overall population trend is stable (Wetlands International 2022).

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident
Argentina	extant	native	yes
Bolivia	extant	native	yes
Brazil	extant	native	yes
Colombia	extant	native	yes
Ecuador	extant	native	yes
French Guiana	extant	native	yes
Guyana	extant	native	yes
Paraguay	extant	native	yes
Peru	extant	native	yes
Suriname	extant	native	yes
Trinidad and Tobago	extant	native	yes
Uruguay	extant	native	yes
Venezuela	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Pastureland	suitable	resident
Grassland	Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded	suitable	resident
Wetlands (inland)	Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands	major	resident
Altitude	0 - 4500 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: South American Snipe Gallinago paraguaiae. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/south-american-snipe-gallinago-paraguaiae on 07/12/2024.
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 07/12/2024.