Magellanic Snipe
Gallinago magellanica
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyScolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
- GenusGallinago (Typical Snipes)
- SpeciesGallinago magellanica (Magellanic Snipe)
The Magellanic snipe (Gallinago magellanica) is a bird in tribe Scolopancinai and subfamily Scolopacinae of family Scolopacidae, the sandpipers and relatives. It is found in Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, and the Falkland Islands. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipes
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca
Baird's Sandpiper
Calidris bairdii
Southern Lapwing
Vanellus chilensis
Dominican Gull
Larus dominicanus
Brown-hooded Gull
Chroicocephalus maculipennis
Gray-breasted Seedsnipe
Thinocorus orbignyianus
Black-necked Stilt
Himantopus mexicanus
Franklin's Gull
Leucophaeus pipixcan
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Magellanic Snipe at Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
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 | Torres del Paine National Park | 🇨🇱 Chile | |
| 2 | Tierra del Fuego National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 3 | Nahuel Huapi National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park | 🇨🇱 Chile |