Giant Snipe (Gallinago undulata)
About the Giant Snipe
The giant snipe (Gallinago undulata) is a stocky wader. It breeds in South America. The nominate subspecies G. u. undulata occurs in two distinct areas, one in Colombia, and the other from Venezuela through Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana to extreme north-eastern Brazil. The southern subspecies G. u. gigantea is found in eastern Bolivia, eastern Paraguay and south-east Brazil, and probably also in Uruguay and north-eastern Argentina. It occurs in tall vegetation in swamps and flooded grasslands, and occasionally in dry savannah. It ranges from the lowlands up to 2,200 m altitude. It seems to arrive in some areas after rain, but its seasonal movements are very poorly understood.
No audio on this page yet
We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 82 recordings for this species: 9 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinagorecording
- Great SnipeGallinago mediarecording
- Imperial SnipeGallinago imperialisrecording
- Noble SnipeGallinago nobilisrecording
- Pin-tailed SnipeGallinago stenurarecording
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicatarecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.