Sandpipers, Snipes

Puna Snipe

Gallinago andina

The Puna Snipe (Gallinago andina) is a 109 g wetland bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. It stays put all year.

Family

Sandpipers, Snipes

Order

Charadriiformes

Weight

109 g

Habitat

Wetland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

5

Recorded in Peru, Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia.

Where to see it: Humedal Lucre-Huacarpay (Peru); Río Lluta · Desembocadura (Chile).

Photo: (c) David F. Belmonte, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist