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title: "Bekas kszyk"
description: "Gallinago gallinago — Ptaki. The common snipe (Gallinago gallinago, formerly also known as Gallinago cælestis) is a small, stocky wader native to the Old World, where it breeds in marshes, bogs, tundra and wet meadows."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/common-snipe
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Bekas kszyk

> Gallinago gallinago — Ptaki. The common snipe (Gallinago gallinago, formerly also known as Gallinago cælestis) is a small, stocky wader native to the Old World, where it breeds in marshes, bogs, tundra and wet meadows.

- Scientific name: *Gallinago gallinago*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Łąki i pola), `freshwater` (Jeziora i rzeki)
- iNaturalist observations: 28860
- Wikidata: [Q25692](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25692)
- iNaturalist taxon: [318836](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/318836)

## Names

- en: Common Snipe
- de: Bekassine
- es: Agachadiza común
- fr: Bécassine des marais
- pt: Narceja-comum
- pl: Bekas kszyk

## Countries with the most observations

RU (5507), GB (2349), FR (1567), DE (1469), IT (1437), ES (1255), IS (768), TW (719), PT (652), NL (558), IN (520), UA (492)

## Summary

The common snipe (Gallinago gallinago, formerly also known as Gallinago cælestis) is a small, stocky wader native to the Old World, where it breeds in marshes, bogs, tundra and wet meadows. It is usually shy and well-camouflaged, foraging in soft mud mainly for insects and earthworms but also some plant material. During courtship, males perform a "winnowing" display; flying high in circles and then taking shallow dives to produce a "drumming" sound by vibrating the tail feathers.

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

## Photo

![Bekas kszyk](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-snipe/medium.jpg)

Photo: Stephen James McWilliam · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/242577797

## Machine access

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