---
title: "Narceja-real"
description: "Gallinago media — Aves. The great snipe (Gallinago media) is a small stocky wader in the genus Gallinago."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/great-snipe
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Narceja-real

> Gallinago media — Aves. The great snipe (Gallinago media) is a small stocky wader in the genus Gallinago.

- Scientific name: *Gallinago media*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Campos e prados), `freshwater` (Lagos e rios)
- iNaturalist observations: 798
- Wikidata: [Q27171](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27171)
- iNaturalist taxon: [3919](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/3919)

## Names

- en: Great Snipe
- de: Doppelschnepfe
- es: Agachadiza real
- fr: Bécassine double
- nl: Poelsnip
- pt: Narceja-real
- pl: Bekas dubelt

## Countries with the most observations

RU (495), SE (18), UA (18), FR (17), PL (13), BY (10), GR (10), IT (10), TR (10), FI (8), NO (8), PT (7)

## Summary

The great snipe (Gallinago media) is a small stocky wader in the genus Gallinago. This bird's breeding habitat is marshes and wet meadows with short vegetation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia, from Scandinavia and Poland east across northern Russia to western Siberia, and south to northern Kazakhstan. Great snipe are migratory, wintering in tropical Africa. The European breeding population is in steep decline.

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

## Photo

![Narceja-real](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/great-snipe/medium.jpg)

Photo: Лариса Артемьева · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/231998046

## Machine access

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