Summary ⁶

Wilson's snipe (Gallinago delicata) is a small, stocky shorebird. The genus name gallinago is New Latin for a woodcock or snipe from Latin gallina, "hen" and the suffix -ago, "resembling". The specific delicata is Latin for "dainty".

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Gregory "Slobirdr" Smith, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/slobirdr/11635736575/
2. (c) Cephas, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/Gallinago_delicata_Nicolet.jpg
3. (c) Alan Vernon, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Wilson%27s_Snipe_San_Luis_Obispo.jpg
4. (c) Jan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8156/7458488386_a7eea67f4f_k.jpg
5. (c) User:Talshiarr (Sean Breazeal), some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Common_snipe_fencepost.jpg/460px-Common_snipe_fencepost.jpg
6. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallinago_delicata

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