Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Charadriiformes > Family Scolopacidae > Genus Gallinago

Gallinago gallinago (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Scolopax

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Gallinago*	Brisson, 1760	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Scolopax gallinago*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: shapka e ujit; shaptorja e ujit; shepka e ujit; shepkujca sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Bokmål (Norwegian): enkeltbekkasin sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Bulgarian: Кръшкач sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: dobbeltbekkasin sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: watersnip

English: common snipe sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

English-United States: Common Snipe sources: Charles Hussey

French: bécassine des marais

Gaelic: naoscach sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Galician: Naoscach

German: Bekassine sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Κοινό Μπεκατσίνι sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Irish: Naoscach sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))

Israel (Hebrew): חרטומית בצות; חרטומית הביצות sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: beccaccino sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: perkūno oželis sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: enkeltbekkasin sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: enkeltbekkasin sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 147

Norwegian Nynorsk: enkeltbekkasin sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 147

Nynorsk (Norwegian): enkeltbekkasin sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: kszyk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Romanian: becaţină comună sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: бекас sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Scottish: naoscach sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: kozica sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: agachadiza común sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: enkelbeckasin sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: su cullugu; su çulluğu sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Баранець звичайний; Звичайний баранець sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: gïach cyffredin

Literature

basis of record	Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.
additional source	Field Guide to Birds of North America 1983
additional source	Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station.
additional source	Peterson, R.T. and V.M. Peterson. 2002. A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.
additional source	Linkletter, L.E. 1977. A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p.
additional source	Squires, H.J. 1990. Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 221. 532 p.
additional source	Vanner, M. 2003. The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. Bath. 383 p.
additional source	ITIS database

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (31 nucleotides; 27 proteins)
Barcode of Life (21 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (340 publications)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Gallinago gallinago (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158949

Drs Cees Roselaar. Gallinago gallinago (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96824