Great Snipe
Gallinago media
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyScolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
- GenusGallinago (Typical Snipes)
- SpeciesGallinago media (Great Snipe)
Closest Relatives at Chobe National Park
African Snipe
Gallinago nigripennis
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Ruff
Calidris pugnax
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Sanderling
Calidris alba
Marsh Sandpiper
Tringa stagnatilis
Red Phalarope
Phalaropus fulicarius
Little Stint
Calidris minuta
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Great Snipe at Chobe National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
🕐 When They’re Spotted
Daily activity pattern needs at least 5 timestamped observations in GBIF. Not enough data yet for this species globally.
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 | Fertő-Hanság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 2 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Chobe National Park | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 4 | Kiskunság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 5 | Biebrza National Park | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 6 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |