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<blockquote data-quote="Uncle TK" data-source="post: 2951935" data-attributes="member: 31781"><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snipe#mw-head" target="_blank"><u>navigation</u></a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snipe#p-search" target="_blank"><u>search</u></a></p><p>For other uses, see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snipe_(disambiguation)" target="_blank"><u>Snipe (disambiguation)</u></a>.</p><p><strong>Snipe</strong></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gallinago_stenura_-_Laem_Pak_Bia.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Gallinago_stenura_-_Laem_Pak_Bia.jpg/375px-Gallinago_stenura_-_Laem_Pak_Bia.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pin-tailed_snipe" target="_blank"><u>Pin-tailed snipe</u></a> (<em>Gallinago stenura</em>)</p><p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxonomy_(biology)" target="_blank"><u>Scientific classification</u></a></strong></p><p>Kingdom: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal" target="_blank"><u>Animalia</u></a></p><p>Phylum: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chordate" target="_blank"><u>Chordata</u></a></p><p>Class: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird" target="_blank"><u>Aves</u></a></p><p>Order: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charadriiformes" target="_blank"><u>Charadriiformes</u></a></p><p>Family: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scolopacidae" target="_blank"><u>Scolopacidae</u></a></p><p><strong>Genera</strong></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coenocorypha" target="_blank"><u>Coenocorypha</u></a></em></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallinago" target="_blank"><u>Gallinago</u></a></em></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lymnocryptes_minimus" target="_blank"><u>Lymnocryptes</u></a></em></li> </ul><p>A <strong>snipe</strong> is any of about 25 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wading_bird" target="_blank"><u>wading bird</u></a> species in three <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genus" target="_blank"><u>genera</u></a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_(biology)" target="_blank"><u>family</u></a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scolopacidae" target="_blank"><u>Scolopacidae</u></a>. They are characterized by a very long, slender bill and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypsis" target="_blank"><u>crypsis</u></a>, or camouflage, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plumage" target="_blank"><u>plumage</u></a>. The <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallinago" target="_blank"><u>Gallinago</u></a></em> snipes have a nearly worldwide distribution, the <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_snipe" target="_blank"><u>Lymnocryptes</u></a></em> snipe is restricted to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia" target="_blank"><u>Asia</u></a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe" target="_blank"><u>Europe</u></a> and the <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coenocorypha" target="_blank"><u>Coenocorypha</u></a></em> snipes are found only in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_Outlying_Islands" target="_blank"><u>Outlying Islands of New Zealand</u></a>. The three species of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Painted_snipe" target="_blank"><u>painted snipe</u></a> are not closely related to the typical snipes, and are placed in their own family, the Rostratulidae.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Uncle TK, post: 2951935, member: 31781"] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snipe#mw-head'][U]navigation[/U][/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snipe#p-search'][U]search[/U][/URL] For other uses, see [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snipe_(disambiguation)'][U]Snipe (disambiguation)[/U][/URL]. [B]Snipe[/B] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gallinago_stenura_-_Laem_Pak_Bia.jpg'][IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Gallinago_stenura_-_Laem_Pak_Bia.jpg/375px-Gallinago_stenura_-_Laem_Pak_Bia.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pin-tailed_snipe'][U]Pin-tailed snipe[/U][/URL] ([I]Gallinago stenura[/I]) [B][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxonomy_(biology)'][U]Scientific classification[/U][/URL][/B] Kingdom: [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal'][U]Animalia[/U][/URL] Phylum: [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chordate'][U]Chordata[/U][/URL] Class: [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird'][U]Aves[/U][/URL] Order: [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charadriiformes'][U]Charadriiformes[/U][/URL] Family: [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scolopacidae'][U]Scolopacidae[/U][/URL] [B]Genera[/B] [LIST] [*][I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coenocorypha'][U]Coenocorypha[/U][/URL][/I] [*][I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallinago'][U]Gallinago[/U][/URL][/I] [*][I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lymnocryptes_minimus'][U]Lymnocryptes[/U][/URL][/I] [/LIST] A [B]snipe[/B] is any of about 25 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wading_bird'][U]wading bird[/U][/URL] species in three [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genus'][U]genera[/U][/URL] in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_(biology)'][U]family[/U][/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scolopacidae'][U]Scolopacidae[/U][/URL]. They are characterized by a very long, slender bill and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypsis'][U]crypsis[/U][/URL], or camouflage, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plumage'][U]plumage[/U][/URL]. The [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallinago'][U]Gallinago[/U][/URL][/I] snipes have a nearly worldwide distribution, the [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_snipe'][U]Lymnocryptes[/U][/URL][/I] snipe is restricted to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia'][U]Asia[/U][/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe'][U]Europe[/U][/URL] and the [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coenocorypha'][U]Coenocorypha[/U][/URL][/I] snipes are found only in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_Outlying_Islands'][U]Outlying Islands of New Zealand[/U][/URL]. The three species of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Painted_snipe'][U]painted snipe[/U][/URL] are not closely related to the typical snipes, and are placed in their own family, the Rostratulidae. [/QUOTE]
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