Giant Snipe

Giant Snipe

Gallinago undulata

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
<5% · Rare
overall probability at Itatiaia National Park

Closest Relatives at Itatiaia National Park

Paraguayan Snipe
LC

Paraguayan Snipe

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Gallinago paraguaiae

<5% · Rare
Southern Lapwing
LC

Southern Lapwing

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Vanellus chilensis

0–10% · With luck
Wattled Jacana
LC

Wattled Jacana

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Jacana jacana

<5% · Rare

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
0–10
Nov
<5
Dec

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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 Canaima National Park 🇻🇪 Venezuela
0–10%
2 Itatiaia National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
3 Serra dos Órgãos National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
Insufficient data
4 Serra da Canastra National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Giant Snipe in Itatiaia National Park?

About 2% of visitor-days record a Giant Snipe sighting in Itatiaia National Park, based on 34 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Giant Snipe in Itatiaia National Park?

November has the highest sighting rate for Giant Snipe in Itatiaia National Park in our monthly data.

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