Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyScolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
- GenusGallinago (Typical Snipes)
- SpeciesGallinago gallinago (Common Snipe)
Closest Relatives at Chitwan National Park
Pin-tailed Snipe
Gallinago stenura
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckii
Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Little Stint
Calidris minuta
Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimus
Ruff
Calidris pugnax
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropus
Marsh Sandpiper
Tringa stagnatilis
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Common Snipe in Chitwan National Park?
About 5% of visitor-days record a Common Snipe sighting in Chitwan National Park, based on 80 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Common Snipe in Chitwan National Park?
January has the highest sighting rate for Common Snipe in Chitwan National Park in our monthly data.