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Imperial Snipe

Gallinago imperialis

Classification

Class
Aves

The imperial snipe (Gallinago imperialis) is a small stocky wader which breeds in the Andes. For a century it was known only from two specimens collected near Bogotá, Colombia, and was presumed extinct, but it was rediscovered in Peru in 1967 and Ecuador in 1988. It is not known if it is migratory.

Distribution

Biodiversity Heritage Library · CC0
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Peru · 16