- A
sniper is a military/paramilitary
marksman who
engages targets from
positions of
concealment or at
distances exceeding the target's
detection capabilities...
- The
greater painted-
snipe or
goudsnip (Rostratula benghalensis) is a
species of
wader in the
family Rostratulidae. They are
widely distributed across...
- The D.C.
sniper attacks (also
known as the
Beltway sniper attacks) were a
series of
coordinated shootings that
occurred during three w****s in
October 2002...
-
solitary snipe builds a saucer-shaped nest of dry
gr**** in the
drier areas of its
breeding wetland. The nest is
concealed in a
dense tuft of
gr**** or sedges...
- The
African snipe (Gallinago nigripennis) also
known as the
Ethiopian snipe, is a
small stocky wader. It
breeds in
eastern and
southern Africa in wet...
- The
South Island snipe (Coenocorypha iredalei), also
known as the
Stewart Island snipe or
tutukiwi in Māori, is an
extinct species of bird in the sandpiper...
- painted-
snipe (Rostratula australis) is a medium-sized, long-billed,
distinctively patterned wader. The
distinctiveness of the
Australian painted-
snipe was...
-
known as the painted-
snipes, are a
family of
wading birds that
consists of two genera:
Rostratula and Nycticryphes. The painted-
snipes are short-legged,...
- The
Snares snipe (Coenocorypha huegeli), also
known as the
Snares Island snipe, or
tutukiwi in Māori, is a
species of bird in the
sandpiper family, Scolopacidae...
- The
imperial snipe (Gallinago imperialis) is a
small stocky wader which breeds in the Andes. For a
century it was
known only from two
specimens collected...
