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snipe
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Snipe
A
snipe
is any of about 25
wading
bird species in three
genera
in the
family
Scolopacidae
. They are characterized by a very long, slender bill and
crypsis
plumage
. The
Gallinago
snipes have a nearly worldwide distribution, the
Lymnocryptes
snipe is restricted to
Asia
and
Europe
and the
Coenocorypha
snipes are found only in the
Outlying Islands of New Zealand
. The three species of
painted snipe
are not closely related to the typical snipes, and are placed in their own family, the Rostratulidae.
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