Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyScolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
- GenusGallinago (Typical Snipes)
- SpeciesGallinago gallinago (Common Snipe)
Closest Relatives at Serengeti National Park
African Snipe
Gallinago nigripennis
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Little Stint
Calidris minuta
Ruff
Calidris pugnax
Marsh Sandpiper
Tringa stagnatilis
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropus
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckii
Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · 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
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Common Snipe in Serengeti National Park?
About 0% of visitor-days record a Common Snipe sighting in Serengeti National Park, based on 42 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Common Snipe in Serengeti National Park?
February has the highest sighting rate for Common Snipe in Serengeti National Park in our monthly data.