Pin-tailed Snipe
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Pin-tailed Snipe

Gallinago stenura

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
<5% · Rare
overall probability at Periyar National Park
17 Verified records at Periyar National Park
December Best month highest sighting rate
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

The pin-tailed snipe or pintail snipe (Gallinago stenura) is a species of bird in the family Scolopacidae, the sandpipers. Wikipedia →

<5% of wildlife watchers report a Pin-tailed Snipe sighting in Periyar National Park, based on 17 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Periyar National Park

Common Snipe
LC

Common Snipe

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Gallinago gallinago

Insufficient data
Green Sandpiper
LC

Green Sandpiper

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tringa ochropus

5–10% · With luck
Common Sandpiper
LC

Common Sandpiper

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Actitis hypoleucos

5–10% · With luck
Wood Sandpiper
LC

Wood Sandpiper

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tringa glareola

Insufficient data
Red-wattled Lapwing
LC Endemic

Red-wattled Lapwing

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Vanellus indicus

30–40% · Possible
River Tern
VU

River Tern

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Sterna aurantia

10–20% · With luck
Whiskered Tern
LC

Whiskered Tern

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Chlidonias hybrida

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
<5
Nov
5–10
Dec

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Wilpattu National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
10–20%
2 Yala National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
10–20%
3 Kaziranga National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
4 Horton Plains National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
<5%
5 Chitwan National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
<5%
6 Periyar National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
7 Khao Yai National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
8 Doi Inthanon National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
9 Minneriya National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Insufficient data
10 Royal Bardia National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
Insufficient data
11 Bandipur National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
12 Nagarhole National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
13 Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park 🇲🇳 Mongolia
Insufficient data
14 Cat Tien National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
Insufficient data
15 Mudumalai National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
16 Kanha National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Pin-tailed Snipe in Periyar National Park?

About 2% of wildlife watchers report a Pin-tailed Snipe sighting in Periyar National Park, based on 17 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Pin-tailed Snipe in Periyar National Park?

December has the highest sighting rate for Pin-tailed Snipe in Periyar National Park in our monthly data.

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