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Taxonomic note
Gallinago gallinago and G. delicata (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) were previously lumped as G. gallinago following Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993).

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.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2020	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2014	Least Concern
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2005	Not Recognised
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Migratory status	full migrant	Forest dependency	low
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	21,000,000 km2
Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding)	21,700,000 km2
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	2000000 mature individuals	medium	estimated	2016
Population trend	increasing	-	estimated	-
Generation length	2.8 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The population is estimated to number 2,000,000 mature individuals (Partners in Flight 2019). In the lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley in Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana (U.S.A.), non-breeding densities of c. 8 individuals/km² (95% CI: 4.57-14.17) were estimated in 2009 and c. 2 individuals/km² (95% CI: 1.47-3.08) in 2010 (Carroll and Krementz 2014). Based on these densities, the population in this area was estimated at c. 1,026,000 individuals in 2009 and at 272,000 in 2010 (Carroll and Krementz 2014).

Trend justification: The population was found to be stable over 1966-2017 (Pardieck et al. 2018, Partners in Flight 2019). Short-term trends suggest a slow but significant increase over the past ten years (Pardieck et al. 2018).

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Anguilla (to UK)	extant	native			yes
Antigua and Barbuda	extant	native			yes
Aruba (to Netherlands)	extant	native			yes
Barbados	extant	native			yes
Belize	extant	native			yes
Bermuda (to UK)	extant	native			yes
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (to Netherlands)	extant	native			yes
Canada	extant	native	yes	yes
Cayman Islands (to UK)	extant	native			yes
Colombia	extant	native			yes
Costa Rica	extant	native			yes
Curaçao (to Netherlands)	extant	native			yes
Dominica	extant	native			yes
Dominican Republic	extant	native			yes
Ecuador	extant	vagrant
El Salvador	extant	native			yes
Greenland (to Denmark)	extant	vagrant
Grenada	extant	native			yes
Guadeloupe (to France)	extant	native			yes
Guatemala	extant	native			yes
Guyana	extant	native			yes
Haiti	extant	native			yes
Honduras	extant	native			yes
Jamaica	extant	native			yes
Martinique (to France)	extant	native			yes
Mexico	extant	native			yes
Montserrat (to UK)	extant	native			yes
Nicaragua	extant	native			yes
Panama	extant	native			yes
Puerto Rico (to USA)	extant	native			yes
Sint Maarten (to Netherlands)	extant	native			yes
St Kitts and Nevis	extant	native			yes
St Lucia	extant	native			yes
St Pierre and Miquelon (to France)	extant	native			yes
St Vincent and the Grenadines	extant	native			yes
Suriname	extant	native			yes
Trinidad and Tobago	extant	native			yes
Turks and Caicos Islands (to UK)	extant	native			yes
USA	extant	native	yes	yes	yes
Venezuela	extant	native			yes
Virgin Islands (to UK)	extant	native			yes
Virgin Islands (to USA)	extant	native			yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	Artificial/Aquatic - Ponds (below 8ha)	suitable	non-breeding
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	Artificial/Aquatic - Seasonally Flooded Agricultural Land	suitable	non-breeding
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	Artificial/Aquatic - Water Storage Areas (over 8ha)	suitable	non-breeding
Forest	Boreal	suitable	breeding
Grassland	Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded	suitable	non-breeding
Marine Neritic	Estuaries	suitable	non-breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands	suitable	resident
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)	suitable	resident
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)	suitable	resident
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls)	suitable	resident
Wetlands (inland)	Tundra Wetlands (incl. pools and temporary waters from snowmelt)	suitable	breeding
Altitude		Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Agriculture & aquaculture	Annual & perennial non-timber crops - Agro-industry farming	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion
Energy production & mining	Mining & quarrying	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 4
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation
Residential & commercial development	Commercial & industrial areas	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 4
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion
Residential & commercial development	Housing & urban areas	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 4
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/wilsons-snipe-gallinago-delicata on 17/12/2024.
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 17/12/2024.