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Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimus (Brünnich, 1764)
Scolopacidae — Sandpipers, Snipes
Jack Snipe, Lymnocryptes minimus, breeds in subarctic to temperate taiga wetlands across the northern Palearctic, from Scandinavia and north-eastern Poland to eastern Sakha Republic in Siberia. Outside the breeding season it is found in inland wetlands across the western and central Eastern Hemisphere, mainly north of the Equator, including the Faroe and British Isles, western and southern Europe, the Mediterranean, northern and central tropical Africa, the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent. It is a small stocky wader and the smallest snipe, and its sternum and continuous bobbing movement set it apart from other snipes and woodcocks.
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Scolopacidae — Sandpipers, Snipes
- Breeding range
- Palearctic: subarctic to temperate taiga wetlands of n Palearctic: Scandinavia and ne Poland to e Sakha Republic (ec Siberia)
- Nonbreeding range
- Oriental Region, Africa: temperate to tropical inland wetlands of w, c Eastern Hemisphere mainly n of Equator: Faroe and British Isles, w, s Europe, Mediterranean, n, c tropical Africa, Middle East and Indian subcontinent
