 Snipe Belonging to the sandpiper family, snipes are shore birds and are found in the old and new worlds. There are a few varieties, but the Wilson's or common snipe being the most popular. Other varieties include the Jack Snipe which is a game bird of the meadows and marshes. Having a flamboyant courtship dance, circling and diving. The woodcock or mud snipe on nocturnal woodland birds.
The Eastern dowitcher, also called Robin Snipe, red breasted snipe , are all commonly found on mud flats and shores, so does the long billed dowitcher of West North America and South America ( rare on the Atlantic coast ) . The European Common Snipe is found In Africa, Asia, and European . |
