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Giant Snipe

Largest snipe...rarely seen on the
ground...extremely secretive
behaviour...wide fragmented range.

Gallinago undulata

(L 15.7-17.1")

Itatiaia Nat’l Park

20Oct2017

flash photos

Threatened by hunters
and habitat loss.

Gallinago in Latin means
hen chicken; undalata
means wavelike markings.

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Macaulay
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