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title: "Magellanic Snipe"
description: "Gallinago magellanica — Birds. The Magellanic snipe (Gallinago magellanica) is a bird in tribe Scolopancinai and subfamily Scolopacinae of family Scolopacidae, the sandpipers and relatives."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/magellanic-snipe
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Magellanic Snipe

> Gallinago magellanica — Birds. The  Magellanic snipe (Gallinago magellanica) is a bird in tribe Scolopancinai and subfamily Scolopacinae of family Scolopacidae, the sandpipers and relatives.

- Scientific name: *Gallinago magellanica*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lakes & rivers)
- iNaturalist observations: 729
- iNaturalist taxon: [1286949](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1286949)

## Names

- en: Magellanic Snipe
- de: Südamerikabekassine
- es: Becasina Patagónica
- fr: Bécassine de Magellan

## Countries with the most observations

CL (324), AR (279), FK (56), UY (8)

## Summary

The  Magellanic snipe (Gallinago magellanica) is a bird in tribe Scolopancinai and subfamily Scolopacinae of family Scolopacidae, the sandpipers and relatives. It is found in Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, and the Falkland Islands.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magellanic_snipe

## Photo

![Magellanic Snipe](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/magellanic-snipe/medium.jpg)

Photo: Federico Muñoz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/343026939

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/magellanic-snipe?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).