The AOU Checklist of North American birds (the official keeper of these = things) shows both the Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata) and the = Common Snipe (Gallinag gallinago). Further digging shows that the AOU = decided in 2002 that the Wilson's Snipe was a different species than the = Common Snipe (which occurs in the old world as well) and split it off. = Thus some of the older reference's may not have noted the change.
Mark Martell Director of Bird Conservation Audubon Minnesota 2357 Ventura Drive #106 St. Paul, MN 55125 651-739-9332 651-731-1330 (FAX) -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of J Ferguson Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 1:22 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: RE: [mou] Wilson's Snipe? RQD? >> Common vs. Wilson's Snipe? Sorry, Andy...no answer, but I have similar question for = someone/everyone. =20 My Nat'l Geo Birds 3rd ed. mentions the "Common Snipe" but no Wilson's. = The=20 Sibley Eastern mentions the "Wilson's Snipe", as does the MOU MN birds=20 checklist, but no Common. The Latin species names are different = (according=20 to the two books), though the genus is the same. Are these really the = same=20 bird? Subspecies? Do we only get one kind of snipe in MN? That is, is = a=20 snipe (that would be found in MN) just a snipe? Thanks! Jonathan Ferguson >From: "Andrew D. Bicek" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Subject: [mou] Wilson's Snipe? RQD? >Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 10:05:19 -0500 > >I was just entering data in the new online field trip report entry = form,=20 >and >I couldn't find the listing for wilson's snipe. I looked under = regular, it >wasn't there, I looked under rare, and it wasn't there. I found it = under >all and it needed a request for documentation. What's the deal here? =20 >Snipe >are common, why do we need to formally write them up? > > > >Funny too, is that for Wright county, where I saw the snipe yesterday, = it=20 >is >listed as common on the MOU Wright cty checklist. > > > >Is this perhaps because it recently changed names and needs to be=20 >documented >under the new name? > > > >Andy Bicek > _______________________________________________ mou-net mailing list [email protected] http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net
