Gallinago is a genus of birds in the wader family Scolopacidae, containing 17 species. This genus contains the majority of the world's snipe species, the other two extant genera being Coenocorypha, with two species, and Lymnocryptes, the jack snipe. Morphologically, they are all similar, with a very long slender bill and cryptic plumage. Most have distinctive displays, usually given at dawn or dusk. They search for invertebrates in the mud with a "sewing-machine" action of their long bills.

Species in taxonomic order[edit]
Solitary snipe,
Gallinago solitaria
Latham's snipe,
Gallinago hardwickii
Wood snipe,
Gallinago nemoricola
Pin-tailed snipe,
Gallinago stenura
Swinhoe's snipe,
Gallinago megala
African snipe,
Gallinago nigripennis
Madagascar snipe, Gallinago macrodactyla
Great snipe,
Gallinago media
Common snipe,
Gallinago gallinago
Wilson's snipe,
Gallinago delicata
South American snipe,
Gallinago paraguaiae
Puna snipe,
Gallinago andina
Noble snipe,
Gallinago nobilis
Giant snipe,
Gallinago undulata
Fuegian snipe,
Gallinago stricklandii
Andean snipe,
Gallinago jamesoni
Imperial snipe,
Gallinago imperialis