Wilson's snipe [SEP] parent taxon
Wilson's snipe
Wilson's snipe ("Gallinago delicata") is a small, stocky shorebird. The genus name "gallinago" is New Latin for a woodcock or snipe from Latin "gallina", "hen" and the suffix "-ago", "resembling". The specific "delicata" is Latin for "dainty".
This species was considered to be a subspecies of the common snipe ("G. gallinago") until 2003 when it was given its own species status, though not all authorities
2008). Identification of Wilson's and Common Snipe "British Birds" 101(4): 189–200.
Further reading European occurrences.
- Bland, Bryan (1998). The Wilson's Snipe on the Isles of Scilly. "Birding World" 11(10): 382–5.
- Bland, Bryan (1999). The Wilson's Snipe on the Isles of Scilly revisited. "Birding World" 12(2): 56–61.
- Legrand, Vincent (2005). Identification of a Wilson's Snipe on Ouessant, Finistere