Gallinago

New Latin, from Latin gallīna (“hen”) + -āgō.

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1. A taxonomic genus within the family Scolopacidae – most of the extant snipes.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Charadriiformes – order; Charadrii – suborder; Scolopacidae – family; Scolopacinae - subfamily

• (genus): Gallinago solitaria (solitary snipe), Gallinago hardwickii (Latham's snipe), Gallinago nemoricola (wood snipe), Gallinago stenura (pin-tailed snipe), Gallinago megala (Swinhoe's snipe), Gallinago nigripennis (African snipe), Gallinago macrodactyla (Madagascar snipe), Gallinago media (great snipe), Gallinago gallinago (common snipe), Gallinago delicata (Wilson's snipe), Gallinago paraguaiae (South American snipe), Gallinago andina (puna snipe), Gallinago nobilis (noble snipe), Gallinago undulata (giant snipe) - species

• (genus of snipes): Coenocorypha, Lymnocryptes - other genera of extant snipes

• Gallinago stricklandii (syn. of Chubbia stricklandii)

• Gallinago on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Gallinago on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Gallinago on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN