Imperial Snipe

Gallinago imperialis

The imperial snipe is a small stocky wader which breeds in the Andes. For a century it was known only from two specimens collected near Bogotá, Colombia, and was presumed extinct, but it was rediscovered in Peru in 1967 and Ecuador in 1988. It is not known if it is migratory.

Scientific name

Gallinago imperialis

Family

Sandpipers and Allies

IUCN status

NT