Wilson's Snipe
Gallinago delicata
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyScolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
- GenusGallinago (Typical Snipes)
- SpeciesGallinago delicata (Wilson's Snipe)
Closest Relatives at Voyageurs National Park
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca
American Woodcock
Scolopax minor
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutilla
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitaria
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensis
American Herring Gull
Larus smithsonianus
Killdeer
Charadrius vociferus
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
Iceland Gull
Larus glaucoides
Bonaparte's Gull
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Caspian Tern
Hydroprogne caspia
📅 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 Wilson's Snipe in Voyageurs National Park?
About 2% of visitor-days record a Wilson's Snipe sighting in Voyageurs National Park, based on 5 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Wilson's Snipe in Voyageurs National Park?
July has the highest sighting rate for Wilson's Snipe in Voyageurs National Park in our monthly data.