Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
About the Jack Snipe
The jack snipe or jacksnipe (Lymnocryptes minimus) is a small stocky wader. It is the smallest snipe, and the only member of the genus Lymnocryptes. Features such as its sternum and its continuous 'bobbing up and down' make it quite distinct from other snipes or woodcocks.
A real field recording of the Jack Snipe. Press play and focus on the rhythm and pitch of each phrase.
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Our streaming copies are mirrored from the original xeno-canto file and transcoded to 96 kbps mono — a modification, so we note it here; the licence for each recording is named in its credit below.
2 recordings on this page · licensed Public Domain / CC0 ×2 · mirrored on this server, free for commercial reuse · recorded in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland and elsewhere · xeno-canto lists 297 recordings for this species in total.
Other birds in this region
- Baillon's CrakeZapornia pusillarecording
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicarecording
- Barn SwallowHirundo rusticarecording
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisrecording
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicusrecording
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosrecording
These are the birds recorded alongside it, not close relatives — the site holds no other member of its genus or family yet.