Magellanic Snipe

Gallinago magellanica

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Scolopacidae
Genus
Gallinago
eBird Code
soasni3

Distribution

breeds from central Chile and central Argentina southward to Tierra del Fuego and Falkland Islands; southernmost populations are migratory, nonbreeding distribution unclear but reaches Uruguay

Data Sources

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.