Pin-tailed Snipe
Gallinago stenura
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Chordates)
- ClassAves (Birds)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Shorebirds and Allies)
- FamilyScolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
- GenusGallinago (Typical Snipes)
- SpeciesGallinago stenura (Pin-tailed Snipe)
About the Pin-tailed Snipe
The pin-tailed snipe or pintail snipe (Gallinago stenura) is a species of bird in the family Scolopacidae, the sandpipers. It breeds in northern Russia and migrates to spend the non-breeding season in southern Asia from Pakistan to Indonesia. It is the most common migrant snipe in southern India, Sri Lanka and much of Southeast Asia. It is a vagrant to north-western and northern Australia, and to Kenya in East Africa.
Its breeding habitat is damp marshes and tundra in Arctic and boreal Russia. Birds in their non-breeding range use a variety of wetlands, often with common snipe, but may be found also in drier habitats than their relative. They nest in a well-hidden location on the ground.
These birds forage in mud or soft soil, probing or picking up food by sight. They mainly eat insects and earthworms, but also some plant material. This 25–27 cm long bird is similar to the longer-billed and longer-tailed common snipe. Adults have short greenish-grey legs and a long straight dark bill. The body is mottled brown on top, with cream lines down their back. They are pale underneath with a streaked buff breast and white belly. They have a... Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Manas National Park
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckii
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Marsh Sandpiper
Tringa stagnatilis
Ruff
Calidris pugnax
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropus
Red-wattled Lapwing
Vanellus indicus
River Lapwing
Vanellus duvaucelii
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 | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wilpattu National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 2 | Yala National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 3 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Horton Plains National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 5 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 6 | Periyar National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 8 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 9 | Manas National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 11 | Royal Bardia National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 12 | Bandipur National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 13 | Nagarhole National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 14 | Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park | 🇲🇳 Mongolia | |
| 15 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 16 | Mudumalai National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 17 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Pin-tailed Snipe in Manas National Park?
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Pin-tailed Snipe sighting in Manas National Park, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Pin-tailed Snipe in Manas National Park?
November has the highest sighting rate for Pin-tailed Snipe in Manas National Park in our monthly data.