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 Sierra Nevada National Park
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimus
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscus
Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus
Eurasian Stone-curlew
Burhinus oedicnemus
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Common Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticula
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellis
📅 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 Sierra Nevada National Park?
About 2% of visitor-days record a Common Snipe sighting in Sierra Nevada National Park, based on 66 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Common Snipe in Sierra Nevada National Park?
February has the highest sighting rate for Common Snipe in Sierra Nevada National Park in our monthly data.