Pin-tailed Snipe
Gallinago stenura
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyScolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
- GenusGallinago (Typical Snipes)
- SpeciesGallinago stenura (Pin-tailed Snipe)
Closest Relatives at Chitwan National Park
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
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 at dawn and dusk · 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
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wilpattu National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 2 | Yala National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 3 | Horton Plains National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 4 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 5 | Periyar National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 8 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 9 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 10 | Royal Bardia National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 11 | Nagarhole National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 12 | Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park | 🇲🇳 Mongolia | |
| 13 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 14 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Pin-tailed Snipe in Chitwan National Park?
About 2% of visitor-days record a Pin-tailed Snipe sighting in Chitwan National Park, based on 28 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Pin-tailed Snipe in Chitwan National Park?
January has the highest sighting rate for Pin-tailed Snipe in Chitwan National Park in our monthly data.