Back Lymnocryptes minimus AN شنقب صغير Arabic شنقب صغير ARZ Lymnocryptes minimus AST Dadjuga (Lymnocryptes) AVK Kiçik tükcüllüt Azerbaijani Ваҡ һаралйын Bashkir Гаршнэп Byelorussian Стучок BE-X-OLD Малка бекасина Bulgarian
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Scolopacidae |
| Genus: | Lymnocryptes F. Boie, 1826 |
| Species: | L. minimus
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| Lymnocryptes minimus (Brünnich, 1764)
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| Range of L. minimus Breeding Non-breeding
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The jack snipe or jacksnipe (Lymnocryptes minimus) is a small stocky wader. It is the smallest snipe, and the only member of the genus Lymnocryptes. Features such as its sternum and its continuous 'bobbing up and down' make it quite distinct from other snipes or woodcocks.[2][3]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Lymnocryptes minimus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22693133A86640472. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22693133A86640472.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
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