Gallinago nobilis
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The noble snipe (Gallinago nobilis) is a small stocky wader. It breeds in the Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela above or just below the treeline. It is entirely sedentary. This 30–32.5 cm long snipe has a stocky body and relatively short legs for a wader. Its upperparts, head and neck are streaked and patterned with dark brown and buff, and gold edges to the feathers form distinct lines down its back. The belly is white with brown barring on the flanks. The horn-coloured bill is very long and straight. The legs and feet are greyish-green. The sexes are similar, but females are longer billed; immature birds differ only in showing pale fringes on the wing coverts. The noble snipe has a clear melodious call.
Jameson's snipe occurs within the range of noble snipe, but has broad wings, a barred belly and dark underparts. Migrant Wilson's and Magellan snipe are smaller, have more pointed wings and white trailing edged to the wings.
The noble snipe is found high altitude wet grassland marshes and swamps from 2,700 – 4,200 m. Little is known of its biology, but it has an aerial display, which involves flying high in circles, followed by a powerful... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Nevados National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 2 | Chingaza National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bogota | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Noble Snipe sighting in Los Nevados National Natural Park on a given day, based on 427 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 116th most-seen of the 424 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February–September and November–December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Noble Snipe in Los Nevados National Natural Park on a given day, against under 5% in January and October, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Noble Snipe sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Noble Snipe sightings, Los Nevados National Natural Park has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Chingaza National Natural Park (Colombia, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Noble Snipe is recorded against all the birds logged in Los Nevados National Natural Park (427 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
