Learn what every symbol on the card means.Full credits and sources at beakbrain.com/symbols
WetlandScrapeMedium · 216 g
ID tip
This is a large and heavy snipe, between 29–32 cm long with a stocky body and relatively short legs. Its upperparts, head and neck are streaked and patterned with bold, dark brown stripes and gold edges to the feathers forming lines down its back. The belly is white, with some brown barring on the flanks but never on the belly. The blackish bill is very long, straight and fairly robust. The legs and feet are yellowish-olive to greenish-grey. The sexes are similar, and immature differ only in showing buff fringes on the wing coverts.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
When to see the Madagascar Snipe
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 4 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Madagascar Snipe
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Madagascar Snipe
The Madagascar snipe is a small stocky wader. It breeds only in the humid eastern half of Madagascar, from sea-level up to 2,700 m, being more common above 700 m. It is non-migratory.
Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Easily confused with
Wood SnipeGallinago nemoricolaThe wood snipe is a species of snipe which breeds in the Himalayas of northern India, Nepal, Bhutan and southern China.
Fuegian SnipeGallinago stricklandiiThis 30–32 cm long snipe has a stocky body and relatively short legs for a wader.
Learn the Madagascar Snipe in the BeakBrain App
Photo and call practice. Coming soon to iPhone and Android.
Play today's Daily BirdEvery photo and recording on this page is credited to its author under the licence shown. Spotted a problem with this page, or have a better photo? Contribute.