Jack snipe
The jack snipe or jacksnipe (Lymnocryptes minimus) is a small stocky wader. It is the smallest snipe, and the only member of the genus Lymnocryptes. Features such as its sternum make it quite distinct from other snipes or woodcocks.
| Jack snipe | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Scolopacidae |
| Genus: | Lymnocryptes F. Boie, 1826 |
| Species: | L. minimus |
| Binomial name | |
| Lymnocryptes minimus (Brünnich, 1764) | |
| Range of L. minimus Breeding Non-breeding | |
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