Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)

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Introduction
 
Methods
 
Results
 
Acknowledgments
 
Literature Cited
 
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Species Accounts, Maps, Histograms, and Appendices
 
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Family Scolopacidae

Body Size: Medium
Foraging Guild: Aquatic prober/gleaner
Foraging Habitat: Water depth - dry to 4 cm; vegetative cover - bare to dense
Migration Distance: Short
Migration Pattern: Not assigned
Dispersion: Broadly dispersed; 60% of total maximum sightings occur in 16 spring and 19 fall 0.1° lat-long blocks.

Six sites with highest counts (see Appendix for more information):

1. Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Management Area, Kansas

2. Ted Shanks Wildlife Area, Missouri

3. Between Duson and Crowley, Louisiana

4. Riverton Wildlife Area, Fremont County, Iowa

5. Mitchell Lake, Bexar County, Texas

6. Joe Hogan Fish Hatchery, Arkansas

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