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title: "Jack Snipe"
description: "Lymnocryptes minimus — Uccelli. The jack snipe or jacksnipe (Lymnocryptes minimus) is a small stocky wader."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/jack-snipe
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Jack Snipe

> Lymnocryptes minimus — Uccelli. The jack snipe or jacksnipe (Lymnocryptes minimus) is a small stocky wader.

- Scientific name: *Lymnocryptes minimus*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Laghi e fiumi)
- iNaturalist observations: 1626
- Wikidata: [Q26711](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26711)
- iNaturalist taxon: [3911](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/3911)

## Names

- en: Jack Snipe
- de: Zwergschnepfe
- es: Agachadiza chica
- fr: Bécassine sourde
- nl: Bokje
- pt: Narceja-galega
- pl: Bekasik

## Countries with the most observations

GB (289), RU (253), DE (144), FR (110), ES (91), IT (59), CH (46), FI (31), PT (31), NL (26), AT (23), PL (19)

## Summary

The jack snipe or jacksnipe (Lymnocryptes minimus) is a small stocky wader. It is the smallest snipe, and the only member of the genus Lymnocryptes. Features such as its sternum and its continuous 'bobbing up and down' make it quite distinct from other snipes or woodcocks.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Dominic Best · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/337691686

## Machine access

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