Gallinago

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Gallinago is a genus of medium-sized, long-billed wading birds commonly known as snipes, found in wetlands and marshy habitats worldwide.

All labels observed (14)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (63)

Predicate Object
instanceOf genus ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
class Aves ⓘ
commonName snipes ⓘ
describedAs medium-sized wading birds ⓘ
diet insect larvae ⓘ
invertebrates ⓘ
small crustaceans ⓘ
worms ⓘ
distribution Africa ⓘ
Eurasia ⓘ
North America ⓘ
South America ⓘ
parts of Oceania ⓘ
worldwide ⓘ
eggClutchSize typically 3–4 eggs ⓘ
family Scolopacidae ⓘ
feedingBehavior probing in soft mud ⓘ
foragingTime often crepuscular ⓘ
often nocturnal ⓘ
hasCharacteristic camouflaged patterning ⓘ
cryptic plumage ⓘ
long bill ⓘ
strongly striped head ⓘ
well-developed flight muscles ⓘ
hasConservationConcern some species are threatened by habitat loss ⓘ
includesSpecies Gallinago andina ⓘ
linked to: Gallinago

Gallinago australis ⓘ
linked to: Gallinago

Gallinago delicata ⓘ
linked to: Gallinago

Gallinago gallinago ⓘ
linked to: Gallinago

Gallinago hardwickii ⓘ
linked to: Gallinago

Gallinago imperialis ⓘ
linked to: Gallinago

Gallinago jamesoni ⓘ
linked to: Gallinago

Gallinago macrodactyla ⓘ
linked to: Gallinago

Gallinago magellanica ⓘ
linked to: Gallinago

Gallinago media ⓘ
linked to: Gallinago

Gallinago megala ⓘ
linked to: Gallinago

Gallinago nemoricola ⓘ
Gallinago nigripennis ⓘ
Gallinago paraguaiae ⓘ
Gallinago paraguiae ⓘ
linked to: Gallinago

Gallinago stenura ⓘ
linked to: Gallinago

Gallinago stricklandii ⓘ
Gallinago undulata ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
migratoryBehavior many species are migratory ⓘ
some species are resident ⓘ
notableBehavior cryptic behavior ⓘ
erratic zigzag flight when flushed ⓘ
freezing when threatened ⓘ
order Charadriiformes ⓘ
parentTaxon Scolopacidae ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
reproduction ground nester ⓘ
nests in dense vegetation ⓘ
taxonRank genus ⓘ
typeSpecies Gallinago gallinago ⓘ
linked to: Gallinago
typicalHabitat bogs ⓘ
marshes ⓘ
swamps ⓘ
wet meadows ⓘ
wetlands ⓘ
typicalSound drumming or bleating display sounds in some species ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Latham’s snipe → genus → Gallinago ⓘ
Latham’s snipe → binomialName → Gallinago hardwickii ⓘ
linked to: Gallinago
Gallinago → typeSpecies → Gallinago gallinago ⓘ
linked to: Gallinago
Gallinago → includesSpecies → Gallinago gallinago ⓘ
linked to: Gallinago
Gallinago → includesSpecies → Gallinago delicata ⓘ
linked to: Gallinago
Gallinago → includesSpecies → Gallinago media ⓘ
linked to: Gallinago
Gallinago → includesSpecies → Gallinago stenura ⓘ
linked to: Gallinago
Gallinago → includesSpecies → Gallinago megala ⓘ
linked to: Gallinago
Gallinago → includesSpecies → Gallinago paraguiae ⓘ
linked to: Gallinago
Gallinago → includesSpecies → Gallinago andina ⓘ
linked to: Gallinago
Gallinago → includesSpecies → Gallinago jamesoni ⓘ
linked to: Gallinago
Gallinago → includesSpecies → Gallinago imperialis ⓘ
linked to: Gallinago
Gallinago → includesSpecies → Gallinago macrodactyla ⓘ
linked to: Gallinago
Gallinago → includesSpecies → Gallinago hardwickii ⓘ
linked to: Gallinago
Gallinago → includesSpecies → Gallinago australis ⓘ
linked to: Gallinago
Gallinago → includesSpecies → Gallinago magellanica ⓘ
linked to: Gallinago