Bird
Great Snipe
Gallinago media · Scolopacidae · Charadriiformes
Best monthsMay–Jun · Sepmost records
Records34,233in 24 countries
Most seen inSweden25,007 records
Red ListNear threatenedIUCN status
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About
Great Snipe in brief
The great snipe (Gallinago media) is a bird of the Scolopacidae family — species of bird.
Across the 24 countries we cover it has 34,233 published records, most of them from Sweden, Norway and Denmark. It is strongly seasonal: records peak in May, June and September and fall to their lowest in February and December.
Its global conservation status is near threatened on the IUCN Red List.
Records by month
All countries combined · the strongest months highlightedJFMAMJJASOND
Where & when
When to look in each country
Sweden25,007 records · best May, Jun
Norway3,948 records · best May, Jun
Denmark1,588 records · best May, Aug
Estonia1,086 records · best May, Jun
Finland923 records · best Sep, Jun
Ukraine398 records · best May, Apr
Poland354 records · best May, Jul
Belarus187 records · best May, Jul
Czechia148 records · best Apr, May
Cyprus132 records · best Apr, May
Benin99 records · best Feb, Jan
Hungary84 records · best Apr, May
Lithuania84 records · best Jun, May
Slovakia41 records · best Apr, May
Republic of the Congo38 records · best Jan, Nov
Latvia34 records · best May, Jun
Serbia26 records · best Apr, Aug
Slovenia24 records · best Apr, Sep
Burundi17 records · best Nov, Oct
Malta7 records · best May, Mar
Syria3 records · best Apr, May
North Macedonia2 records · best May, Jan
Seychelles2 records · best Jan, Oct
Turkmenistan1 records · best Mar, Jan
Map
Where it has been recorded
Density of published records; brighter cells have more records.