Pintail snipe

Weight

112 g – 133 g

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

Not recorded

Diet

Aquatic predator

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

wetland

Young per litter or clutch

4

Lifestyle

Terrestrial

Migration

Migratory

Conservation status

Not recorded

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderCharadriiformes
5. familyScolopacidae
6. genusGallinago
7. SpeciesGallinago stenura (Bonaparte, 1831)

Synonyms Capella stenura, Gallinago biclavus, Gallinago heterura, Scolopax stenura

Catalogue of Life

LC, Least Concern

Common snipe

Gallinago gallinago

Scolopacidae

NT, Near Threatened

Great snipe

Gallinago media

Scolopacidae

S

Solitary snipe

Gallinago solitaria

ScolopacidaeNo free photo yet

S

Swinhoe's snipe

Gallinago megala

ScolopacidaeNo free photo yet

S

Snipe

Gallinago delicata

ScolopacidaeNo free photo yet

W

Wood snipe

Gallinago nemoricola

ScolopacidaeNo free photo yet

ComparePintail snipe vs Common snipePintail snipe vs Great snipePintail snipe vs Solitary snipePintail snipe vs Swinhoe's snipe

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@misc{pintail_snipe_2026,
  title = {Pintail snipe (Gallinago stenura)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pintail-snipe},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}