Gallinago stenura Bogs, marshes, taiga, flooded fields.  Siberia from Ural Mts. and Altai e through Transbaicalia to Amurland and Sea of Okhotsk and Mongolia. -       -                 - -                     --stenura Gr. stenos = dalla coda stretta --

Gallinago megala Forest clearings, wet meadows, river valleys; marshes and flooded fields in migration.  S Siberia from Altai e to Transbaicalia; s Ussuriland and Mongolia. -              - -- -                          - megala Gr. megalos = grossa -

Gallinago stenura Pin-tailed Snipe - Vagrant - Scarce Middle Est Winters: S Asia

Gallinago megala Swinhoe's Snipe - Vagrant Israel, [Caucaso ? ] * no maps

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Limnodromus griseus Grassy or mossy tundra; rocky coasts, beaches, mudflats in migration.  S Alaska from Bristol Bay e to Stikine River; from s Yukon, s Mackenzie and ne Manitoba s to ec British Columbia, c Alberta and c Saskatchewan; from interior Ungava Pen. s to n Ontario. -      -      -                         - -       -Limnodromus Gr. limne (a marsh) dromos (inhabiting)         = non abitante degli acquitrini -

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Limnodromus scolopaceus Grassy tundra, wet meadows; marshes, ponds, lakes, mudflats in migration.  Ne Siberia from lower Yana R. e to Chukotski Pen. and Anadyrland; nw N. America in coastal w,n Alaska at Hooper Bay and from Point Barrow e, n Yukon and nw Mackenzie. -  Formerly treated as a race of L. griseus, but now known to be vocally, morphologically, ecologically and genetically distinct. -      -          -                   -        - -                      -scolopaceus = somigliante ad un beccaccino -

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Scolopax rusticola Moist woods, bogs, heath, moors.  From British Isles, Scandinavia, n Russia and c Siberia e to Sakhalin, s to e Atlantic Islands (Azores, Madeira, Cape Verde Is.), s Europe s to n Spain, s France, n Italy and the Balkans, sw Russia, Crimea, Caucasus, Transcausas, ne Turkey, c Russia, ec Turkestan, n India in the Himalayas at 2000-3800 m from Kashmir e to Arunachal Pradesh, n,c China, se Siberia, Japan, Izu Is., and probably n Ryukyu Is. - All Old World species of Scolopax are sometimes treated as races of  S. rusticola, or the Asian species are combined in various ways.  S. mira apparently differs in courtship behavior; the others are poorly known in the field. - -       -                 - - -Scolopax = il lungo becco appuntito; rusticola=  che abita la campagna -

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Limosa limosa Marshy grassland, wet meadows, steppe and moorland; marshes to mudflats in migration.  From Iceland, Faroe Is., s Scandinavia, Baltic states, c Russia, c Siberia to Ussuriland and probably Kamchatka, s to s Europe, sc Russia, n,e Kazakhstan, nw China, Mongolia and Manchuria from w Heilungkiang s to w Liaoning. -      -       - -     - -                - -                      - -        --Limosa limosus, limus (Linnaeus) = abitante non nidificante           degli estuari fangosi -

Limnodromus griseus Short-billed Dowitcher - Vagrant W Europe * no map

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Limnodromus scolopaceus Long-billed Dowitcher - Vagrant Europe, Canary Is, N Africa, Middle Est * no map

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Scolopax rusticola Eurasian Woodcok - common -

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Limosa limosa Black-tailed Godwit - common has bred: Faeroes,Yugoslavia, Romania

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2001 by Alberto Masi