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WetlandScrapeMedium · 109 g
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The puna snipe is 22.5 to 25 cm (8.9 to 9.8 in) long and weighs 65 to 105 g (2.3 to 3.7 oz). The sexes are alike. Their upperparts have a complex pattern of muted whitish, buffy, rufous, black, and brown. White trailing edges to their wings show when in flight. Their breast and flanks are buff with black markings and the rest of their underparts white. Their white face has a bold brown stripe through the eye.
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When to see the Puna Snipe
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Puna Snipe
The map shades 5 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Puna Snipe
The puna snipe is a bird in tribe Scolopancinai and subfamily Scolopacinae of family Scolopacidae, the sandpipers and relatives. It is native to the puna grassland.
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Easily confused with
Giant SnipeGallinago undulataThis is the largest snipe at 36 to 47 cm (14 to 19 in) in length.
Solitary SnipeGallinago solitariaThe solitary snipe is a heavy snipe 29–31 cm long with a stocky body and relatively short legs for a wader.
Jameson's SnipeGallinago jamesoniThis 30–32 cm long snipe has a stocky body and relatively short legs for a wader.
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