Bird
Wilson's Snipe
Gallinago delicata
A winter visitor to Mississippi, found in all 82 counties and 7 habitats.
- Here
- Winter
- Nesting
- Not known to nest here
- Range
- All 82 counties
- Habitats
- 7

At a glance
- Group
- Birds
- Here
- Winter
- Nesting
- Not known to nest here
- Range
- All 82 counties
- Habitats
- 7
- Habitat models
- Winter
Where it lives
The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.
Habitats in Mississippi 7
Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

Open sand of beaches, dunes and the hollows between them.
Open, wet, seepage-fed bogs of the Coastal Plain and Sandhills, often with pitcher plants.
Disturbed and introduced wetlands
Wet ground taken over by weedy or introduced plants after disturbance, such as common reed, Chinese tallow or tamarisk stands; the upland counterpart is roadsides, fields and disturbed ground.
Floodplain and bottomland forests
Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time.
Open, fire-kept longleaf pine stands over grasses and wildflowers on wet to moist sandy soil.
Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground
Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.
Other habitats in its models (48)
Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Mississippi. Those recorded in Mississippi first, the rest by region.
Elsewhere in the South (20)
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Freshwater Marsh Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Large Natural Lakeshore Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest Winter.
- Central Florida Herbaceous Pondshore Winter.
- Central Florida Herbaceous Seep Winter.
- Florida Big Bend Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Winter.
- Floridian Highlands Freshwater Marsh Winter.
- Ozark-Ouachita Riparian Winter.
- Red River Large Floodplain Forest Winter.
- South Florida Bayhead Swamp Winter.
- South Florida Everglades Sawgrass Marsh Winter.
- South Florida Freshwater Slough and Gator Hole Winter.
- South Florida Wet Marl Prairie Winter.
- South-Central Interior Large Floodplain Winter.
- South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian Winter.
- Southern and Central Appalachian Bog and Fen Winter.
- Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Winter.
Northeast (1)
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Fresh and Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Winter.
Land cover and other classes (27)
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Blackwater Stream Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Herbaceous Wetland Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Depression Pondshore Winter.
- Central Appalachian Floodplain - Forest Modifier Winter.
- Central Appalachian Riparian - Forest Modifier Winter.
- Central Interior and Appalachian Floodplain Systems Winter.
- Central Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems Winter.
- Central Interior and Appalachian Shrub-Herbaceous Wetland Systems Winter.
- Central Interior and Appalachian Swamp Systems Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Herbaceous Modifier Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Depression Pondshore Winter.
- Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Winter.
- Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Winter, only within 60 m of water.
- Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Winter, only within 60 m of water.
- Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Winter, only within 60 m of water.
- Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland and Forbland Winter, only within 60 m of water.
- Recently Burned Winter, only within 60 m of water.
- Recently Burned Forest Winter, only within 60 m of water.
- Recently Burned Grassland Winter, only within 60 m of water.
- Recently Logged Areas Winter, only within 60 m of water.
- South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier Winter.
- South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Herbaceous Modifier Winter.
- Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Winter.
- Unconsolidated Shore Winter.
- Unconsolidated Shore (Lake/River/Pond) Winter.
- Western Great Plains Depressional Wetland Systems Winter.
- Western Great Plains Floodplain Systems Winter.
Seasons in Mississippi
- Winter: does not nest here, in all 82 counties.
Also found in this habitat
Plants 326
Plants named in NatureServe descriptions of these habitats that grow in Mississippi. Shared habitat, not food.
- Aristida beyrichianaAristida beyrichiana
- Red MilkweedAsclepias rubra
- Smallfruit BeggarticksBidens mitis
- Buckwheat VineBrunnichia ovata
- Southern BluethreadBurmannia capitata
- Bearded Grass-pinkCalopogon barbatus
- Pale Grass-pinkCalopogon pallidus
- Prickly Bog SedgeCarex atlantica
- Blue Wood SedgeCarex flaccosperma
- Ravine SedgeCarex impressinervia
- Bladder SedgeCarex intumescens
- Cypress-swamp SedgeCarex joorii
- Louisiana SedgeCarex louisianica
- Hop SedgeCarex lupulina
- Sharp-scale SedgeCarex oxylepis
- Blunt Broom SedgeCarex tribuloides
- Carphephorus pseudoliatrisCarphephorus pseudoliatris
- Atlantic White CedarChamaecyparis thyoides
- Devil's-bitChamaelirium luteum
- River OatsChasmanthium latifolium
- LeConte's ThistleCirsium lecontei
- Cliftonia monophyllaCliftonia monophylla
- Toothache GrassCtenium aromaticum
- Swamp LoosestrifeDecodon verticillatus
Wildlife 262
Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Mississippi. Not sighting records.
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mottled DuckAnas fulvigula
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.
Sources
- USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models (2001)
- USGS GAP winter habitat model for Wilson's Snipe Fresh water only
- USGS Gap Analysis Project range maps (2001), modeled by watershed; migratory gives no dates
- NatureServe Explorer (CC BY 4.0), habitat names
- US Census TIGER/Line counties
- Names follow the USGS Gap Analysis Project (2001)












































