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Magellanic Snipe

            It seems like almost everything in this part of the world bears the name of Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan (with a soft g, like magic), and this Magellanic Snipe is no different.  They seem to be far less skittish than British Snipe.  This one continued feeding while I was photographing it from just a few feet away on Carcass Island on the Falkland Islands. I don't usually like such frame fillers but adjacent tussock grass meant that I lost my view when I moved further away.  In fact it was feeding in the shadow of a large tussock when all around was sunny.

This is another species in a state of taxonomic turmoil.  To be honest, it looks very similar to the Common Snipe we get in Britain, and it used to be considered as a subspecies of Common Snipe. Now, some authorities treat it as a full species (Gallinago magellanica) but most treat it as a subspecies of Pantanal Snipe (G. paraguaiae).  I tend to use the taxonomy of the Handbook of Birds of the World, which lumps Magellanic and Pantanal Snipes as South American Snipe (G. paraguaiae).

Taken on: January 17, 2024

Tags:

Gallinago

paraguaiae

South

American

Snipe

Falkland

Islands

Tim Melling « less

Sets appears in: • Antarctica, South Georgia and the Falklands 2024

Stats: 3,248 views / 25 comments

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