Wilson's snipe

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Wilson's snipe

n
(Animals) the common snipe. See snipe1
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Noun1.Wilson's snipe - American snipeWilson's snipe - American snipe      
Gallinago gallinago delicata
Gallinago, genus Capella, genus Gallinago, Capella - snipes
snipe - Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks
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When a Wilson's snipe shot across a gravel bar, I got lucky on the shot, and we had a new species to add to Echo's list of retrieves.
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In North America, the Wilson's Snipe (formerly called common snipe) is our only representative.
Will the real snipe please stand up? Known for its musical tail, the elusive, yet very real bird continues to be widely unknown
Wilson's snipe (Gallinago delicata): Mueller (1999) described Wilson's snipe breeding throughout the Coastal Plain, whereas earlier reports indicated the species occurs in discrete areas, including the Colville River delta, Prudhoe Bay, and the coastal plain of the Arctic Refuge (Gabrielson and Lincoln, 1959; Johnson and Herter, 1989).
Distribution of breeding shorebirds on the Arctic Coastal Plain of Alaska
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