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

# Pantanal Snipe

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

- Scientific name: *Gallinago paraguaiae*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lakes & rivers)
- iNaturalist observations: 983
- Wikidata: [Q1266081](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1266081)
- iNaturalist taxon: [3927](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/3927)

## Names

- en: Pantanal Snipe
- de: Azarabekassine
- es: Becasina de Bañado
- fr: Bécassine du Pantanal
- nl: Zuid-Amerikaanse snip
- pt: Narceja
- pl: Bekas jasnolicy

## Countries with the most observations

AR (479), BR (322), UY (95), CO (7), PY (7), BO (5), GF (3)

## Summary

The Pantanal snipe (Gallinago paraguaiae) is a bird in tribe Scolopancinai and subfamily Scolopacinae of family Scolopacidae, the sandpipers and relatives. It is found on Trinidad and Tobago and in every mainland South American country (though only as a vagrant in Ecuador.)

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Francisco Liguori · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/86038599

## Machine access

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