Madagascar Snipe (Gallinago macrodactyla)

About Madagascar Snipe (Gallinago macrodactyla)

• Kingdom: Animals
• Phylum: Chordates
• Class: Birds
• Order: Pelicans
• Family: Sandpipers and Allies

The Madagascar snipe is a small stocky wader. It breeds only in the humid eastern half of Madagascar, from sea-level up to 2,700 m, being more common above 700 m. It is non-migratory.