Common Snipe
The Common Snipe, Gallinago gallinago, is found in in Europe Asia and Africa. There are two subspecies, G. g. faeroeensis, which is found in the Faroes, Orkney and Shetland, and Iceland, and the nominate subspecies which is found every where else. The above bird is of the former subspecies as it eas found in Orkney.
There was formerly thought to be an additional race in North America, but it has been split to full species status and is now known as Wilson’s Snipe, G. delicata.
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