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Noble Snipe
Gallinago nobilis Sclater, PL, 1856
Scolopacidae — Sandpipers, Snipes
Noble Snipe, Gallinago nobilis, is a wader of montane wet grassland in far western Venezuela and from there south through Colombia and Ecuador to far northern Peru. It was described by Sclater, PL, 1856, and belongs to the sandpiper and snipe family. In this South American breeding range it is tied to high-altitude marshes and swamps. The bird is a stocky snipe with a long, straight bill, and the sexes are alike apart from the female’s longer bill. It is resident, and its breeding season runs from March to July.
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Scolopacidae — Sandpipers, Snipes
- Breeding range
- South America: montane wet grassland of nw South America: far w Venezuela to far n Peru
