[Bristol-Birds] Re: Wilson's/Common Sipe

All,
Wallace is right about the split of Common / Wilson's
Snipe.  Wilson's is the snipe that we see here &
elsewhere in mainland North America.

Common Snipe does occur as a spring migrant in
Alaska's Pribilof Islands (& probably the outer Aleutians,
as well).  I have seen it there.  Wilson's Snipe occurs
there also, but less commonly (no pun intended).  Last
summer we had a vagrant Jack Snipe, too.

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Rick Knight
Johnson City, TN
rknight@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
From: Wallace Coffey <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:10 PM
Subject: [Bristol-Birds] Re: Wilson's/Common Sipe


>Hi John,
>
>You are probably looking in Sibley's Oct. 2000 edition.  In his Field
Guide
>to Birds Eastern North America which is copyrighted 2003, he uses
Wilson's
>Snipe.  The delicata group of the Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
now has
>full species status as the Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata).  See
43rd
>suppl. to the AOU checklist for details (The Auk, Vol. 119, p. 899).
>Wilson's Snipe is now described as the species commonly found in the
U.S.
>according to the AOU, while Common Snipe is now the Eurasian species.
Hope
>this helps.
>
>Let's go birding.....
>
>Wallace Coffey
>Bristol, TN
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <JPMOYLE18@xxxxxxx>
>To: <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 7:38 PM
>Subject: [Bristol-Birds] Wilson's/Common Sipe
>
>
>> Has anything changed with the common name of the "Common Snipe?"
>According
>> to Sibley, our "Wilson's Snipe" is the American form of the "Common
>Snipe."
>> Thus, it appears in his book as the Common Snipe.  John Moyle  Glen
Alpine
>Road
>> Kingsport  Sullivan County
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