Wilson's Snipe Photo Gallery
Adult
Medium-sized pudgy shorebird with short, stocky legs. Intricately patterned with 3 long buffy streaks down the back and a striped head.
© Bryan Calk / Macaulay LibraryAlaska, June 25, 2019Adult male
Displaying males make a curious whistling noise (“winnowing”), created by air passing over modified outer tail feathers.
© Steve Kelling / Macaulay LibraryNew York, June 07, 2020Adult
In breeding season, often perches on fence posts to sing.
© Jay McGowan / Macaulay LibraryMontana, June 21, 2015Not all videos have soundAdult
Medium-sized chunky shorebird with a long bill. Note white belly, barred flanks, and dark underwings.
© Douglas Gimler / Macaulay LibraryVermont, May 30, 2017Adult
Long-billed shorebird of inland wetlands. Usually found foraging on the ground, but also perches on posts or stumps.
© Caleb Strand / Macaulay LibraryWyoming, June 05, 2019Adult
Intricately patterned in buff and brown stripes and bars, which provide camouflage in muddy pond edges, damp fields, and other wet, open habitats.
© Daniel Jauvin / Macaulay LibraryQuebec, May 01, 2019Not all videos have soundAdult (with Long-billed Dowitcher)
Smaller than a Long-billed Dowitcher (left) with shorter legs and a pudgier body. Note buffy streaks down the back and striped head.
© Ian Routley / Macaulay LibraryBritish Columbia, July 22, 2017Adult
Pudgy shorebird with a long bill and short tail. Note barring on the sides and 3 buffy streaks down the back.
© Jeff Timmons / Macaulay LibraryIndiana, April 19, 2017Habitat
Found in muddy pond edges, damp fields, and other wet, open habitats often with thick, low vegetation where these well-camouflaged birds can quickly disappear.
© Maria Loukeris / Macaulay LibraryNew Jersey, March 12, 2017Compare with Similar Species
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