[Length 16 in. Wingspan 26 in.]

This drake Smew was photographed at St. James Park, London, England, Great Britain. It is presumed to be part of the captive waterfowl collection there. Photo taken with a Nikkor EDAF 300 f4.0 lens on Kodak Elitechrome 200 film. (Date: April 2002)

[Length 16 in. Wingspan 26 in.]

This drake Smew was photographed at St. James Park, London, England, Great Britain. It is presumed to be part of the captive waterfowl collection there. Photo taken with a Nikkor EDAF 300 f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: April 2002)

[Length 16 in. Wingspan 26 in.]

This female Smew was photographed at St. James Park, London, England, Great Britain. It is presumed to be part of the captive waterfowl collection there. Photo taken with a Nikkor EDAF 300 f4.0 lens on Kodak Elitechrome 200 film. (Date: April 2002)

[Length 10.5 in. Wingspan 18 in.]

This Common Snipe was photographed at Houbie, Fetlar, Shetland, Scotland, Great Britain. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S f4 lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: June 9, 2004)

[Length 10.5 in. Wingspan 18 in.]

This Common Snipe was photographed at Unknown, Kyushu, Japan. Photo taken with a Nikkor EDAF 300mm f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: January 1996)

[Length 11 in. Wingspan xx in.]

This Swinhoe's Snipe was photographed at the Nanhui Refuge, Nanhui (Shanghai), Shanghai, China. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC17E II 1.7x Teleconverter on a Nikon D7100 camera. (Date: May 06, 2017)

[Length 11 in. Wingspan xx in.]

This Swinhoe's Snipe was photographed at the Nanhui Refuge, Nanhui (Shanghai), Shanghai, China. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens on a Nikon D7100 camera. (Date: May 06, 2017)

[Length 11 in. Wingspan xx in.]

This Swinhoe's Snipe was photographed at the Nanhui Refuge, Nanhui (Shanghai), Shanghai, China. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC17E II 1.7x Teleconverter on a Nikon D7100 camera. (Date: May 06, 2017)

[Length 10.5 in. Wingspan 18 in.]

Wilson's Snipe breed across much of Alaska, Canada, and the northern US. They winter along both the east and west coasts, and across the southern states of the US. The Eurasian counterpart of the Wilson's Snipe, the Common Snipe, breeds in the temperate regions of Europe and Asia. The Eurasian "Common Snipe" and the North American "Wilson's Snipe" were originally separate species, but were later lumped together by some authorities. They were officially (re)split back into separate species first by the British Ornithologist's Union (BOU), and then by the American Ornithologist's Union (AOU) in the summer of 2002. This Wilson's Snipe was photographed feeding at the edge of a muddy field on the King Ranch in Texas, USA. Photo taken with a 300mm f4.5 Nikkor ED lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: November 1980)