Gallinago gallinago (Common Snipe)
Originator: Frode Falkenberg
Systematics :
Kingdom: Animals (Animalia)
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Birds (Aves)
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Scolopacidae
Genus: Gallinago
Species: Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Other names: mekregauk
Norwegian name: Enkeltbekkasin
Confusion species: Eurasian Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola), Great Snipe (Gallinago media), Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)