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Fuegian Snipe
Gallinago stricklandii (Gray, GR, 1845)
Scolopacidae — Sandpipers, Snipes
Fuegian Snipe, Gallinago stricklandii, is a bird of bogs in southern South America, breeding in south-central Chile and Argentina from there to Cape Horn and Isla de los Estados east of Tierra del Fuego. It belongs to the sandpiper and snipe family. The species is mainly sedentary, though the Tierra del Fuego birds move to mainland Chile in winter. It is common in Tierra del Fuego and becomes less frequent farther north. It is also recorded from the Falkland Islands, where breeding has been reported.
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Scolopacidae — Sandpipers, Snipes
- Breeding range
- South America: bogs of temperate s South America: c, s Chile and s Argentina to Cape Horn and Isla de los Estados (e of Tierra del Fuego)
