Magellanic Snipe

Magellanic Snipe

Gallinago magellanica

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

📅 Monthly Probability

0–10
Jan
10–20
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙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 Torres del Paine National Park 🇨🇱 Chile
10–20%
2 Tierra del Fuego National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
0–10%
3 Nahuel Huapi National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
<5%
4 Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park 🇨🇱 Chile
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Magellanic Snipe in Nahuel Huapi National Park?

About 4% of visitor-days record a Magellanic Snipe sighting in Nahuel Huapi National Park, based on 44 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Magellanic Snipe in Nahuel Huapi National Park?

February has the highest sighting rate for Magellanic Snipe in Nahuel Huapi National Park in our monthly data.

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