Common Snipe Range Map
The Common Snipe breeds from northern Alaska and northern Yukon to southern Keewatin, northern Quebec and central Labrador, south to central California, east-central Arizona and northern Colorado across to northern West Virginia, New England and the Maritime Provinces. It winters from southeastern Alaska, southern British Columbia, the central United States and Virginia south to South America. The Common Snipe inhabits wetlands, especially fens, bogs, swamps and marshes, primarily in peatlands scattered within the spruce, fir and larch boreal forest. It occupies areas with fairly dense, low woody growth such as willows and alders, and with a ground cover of sphagnum, sedges and grasses, preferably near open pastures or other clearings. The Common Snipe also inhabits areas of decomposed wet plant litter along ponds, meandering rivers and brooks and other marshy sites. In winter it occupies wet, marshy habitats, wet meadows, flooded fields and stream edges.

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