Snipe

Snipe

Taxobox
name = Snipes


image_width = 250px
image_caption = Common Snipe ("Gallinago gallinago")
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Charadriiformes
familia = Scolopacidae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision =
* "Coenocorypha"
* "Gallinago"
* "Lymnocryptes"

A snipe is any of nearly 20 wading bird species in three genera in the family Scolopacidae. They are characterised by a very long slender bill and cryptic plumage. The "Gallinago" snipes have a nearly worldwide distribution, the "Lymnocryptes" Jack Snipe is restricted to Asia and Europe and the "Coenocorypha" snipes are found only in New Zealand. The three species of painted snipe are not closely related to the typical snipes, and are placed in their own family, the Rostratulidae.

Taxonomy

The snipe make up part of the wader family Scolopacidae. The 15 typical snipes in the genus "Gallinago" are the closest relatives of the woodcocks, whereas the small genera "Coenocorypha" (the New Zealand snipes) and "Lymnocryptes" represent earlier divergences in the snipe/woodcock cladeThomas, Gavin H.; Wills, Matthew A. & Székely, Tamás (2004): A supertree approach to shorebird phylogeny. "BMC Evol. Biol." 4: 28. doi|10.1186/1471-2148-4-28 [http://www.pubmedcentral.org/picrender.fcgi?artid=515296&blobtype=pdf PDF fulltext] [http://www.pubmedcentral.org/articlerender.fcgi?artid=515296#supplementary-material-sec Supplementary Material] ]

Behaviour

Snipe search for invertebrates in the mud with a "sewing-machine" action of their long bills. Most have distinctive displays, usually given at dawn or dusk.

The difficulties involved in hunting snipe gave rise to "sniper," referring to a skilled anti-personnel military sharpshooter. [cite web | url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?l=s&p=29 | title=Online Etymology Dictionary | accessdate=2007-09-27]

Genera

* "Coenocorypha"
* "Lymnocryptes"
* "Gallinago"

Footnotes

External links

* [http://ibc.hbw.com/ibc/phtml/familia.phtml?idFamilia=61 Snipe videos] on the Internet Bird Collection


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  • Snipe — Snipe, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sniped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sniping}.] 1. To shoot or hunt snipe. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. To shoot at detached men of an enemy s forces at long range, esp. when not in action; often with at. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] {snipe …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • snipe at — Snipe Snipe, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sniped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sniping}.] 1. To shoot or hunt snipe. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. To shoot at detached men of an enemy s forces at long range, esp. when not in action; often with at. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • snipe — [snīp] n. [ME snype < ON snipa (akin to Ger schnepfe) < Gmc * sneb , beak < base seen in SNIP, SNAP ] 1. pl. snipes or snipe any of various shorebirds (family Scolopacidae) with a long, slender, flexible bill used in probing for food,… …   English World dictionary

  • Snipe — Snipe, v. t. 1. To shoot at (detached men of an enemy s force) at long range, esp. when not in action. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. To nose (a log) to make it drag or slip easily in skidding. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • snipe — [snip] n. m. ÉTYM. 1931; mot anglais. ❖ ♦ Anglic. Mar. Petit voilier de régate d un modèle ancien, dériveur monotype à bouchain vif, à bôme très haute …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • snipe — / snaip/, it. / znaip/ s. ingl., usato in ital. al masch. (marin.) [barca a vela da diporto o da regata] ▶◀ beccaccino …   Enciclopedia Italiana

  • snipe — ► NOUN (pl. same or snipes) ▪ a wading bird with brown camouflaged plumage and a long straight bill. ► VERB 1) shoot at someone from a hiding place at long range. 2) make a sly or petty verbal attack. DERIVATIVES sniper noun …   English terms dictionary

  • Snipe — Clase Snipe Número de tripulantes 2 Eslora 472 cm Manga 152 cm Peso 172,8 Kg …   Wikipedia Español

  • snipe — snipelike, adj. sniper, n. /snuyp/, n., pl. snipes, (esp. collectively) snipe for 1, 2; v. sniped, sniping. n. 1. any of several long billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago… …   Universalium

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