Wilson's snipe
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Wilson's snipe is a small, stocky shorebird. The generic name Gallinago is Neo-Latin for a woodcock or snipe from Latin gallina, "hen" and the suffix -ago, "resembling". The specific name delicata is Latin for "dainty". Wikipedia
Scientific name: Gallinago delicata
Mass: 4.3 oz (Adult)
Conservation status: Least Concern (Population decreasing)
Family: Scolopacidae
Kingdom: Animalia
Order: Charadriiformes
Source: Encyclopedia of Life