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title: "Pin-tailed Snipe"
description: "Gallinago stenura — Birds. The pin-tailed snipe or pintail snipe (Gallinago stenura) is a species of bird in the family Scolopacidae, the sandpipers."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/pin-tailed-snipe
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Pin-tailed Snipe

> Gallinago stenura — Birds. The pin-tailed snipe or pintail snipe (Gallinago stenura) is a species of bird in the family Scolopacidae, the sandpipers.

- Scientific name: *Gallinago stenura*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Fields & meadows), `freshwater` (Lakes & rivers)
- iNaturalist observations: 1023
- Wikidata: [Q595162](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q595162)
- iNaturalist taxon: [3921](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/3921)

## Names

- en: Pin-tailed Snipe
- de: Spießbekassine
- es: Agachadiza Colirrara
- fr: Bécassine à queue pointue
- nl: Stekelstaartsnip
- pt: Narceja-siberiana
- pl: Bekas syberyjski

## Countries with the most observations

IN (215), TH (87), RU (80), LK (60), KR (30), CN (29), SG (13), TW (10), HK (7), BD (6), JP (6), NP (6)

## Summary

The pin-tailed snipe or pintail snipe (Gallinago stenura) is a species of bird in the family Scolopacidae, the sandpipers.

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

## Photo

![Pin-tailed Snipe](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pin-tailed-snipe/medium.jpg)

Photo: Tero Linjama · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/398752983

## Machine access

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