Editing Common snipe (section)

== Distribution and habitat ==
The breeding habitats are [[marsh]]es, [[bog]]s, [[tundra]] and [[wet meadow]]s throughout the [[Palearctic]]. In the north, the distribution limit extends from Iceland over the north of the British Isles and northern [[Fennoscandia]], where it occurs at around 70°N, as well as through European Russia and Siberia. Here it is mostly on the northern edge of the Taiga zone at 71°N, but reaches 74°N on the east coast of the [[Taymyr Peninsula]]. In the east it extends to Anadyr,{{clarify|date=February 2021|reason=Which Anadyr?}} Kamchatka, [[Bering Island]] and the [[Kuril Islands]], The southern boundary of the distribution area in Europe runs through [[North Region, Portugal|northern Portugal]], central [[France]], [[northern Italy]], [[Bulgaria]], and [[Ukraine]], with populations in the west being only very scattered. In Asia, the distribution extends south to northern [[Turkestan]], locally to [[Afghanistan]] and the Middle East, through the [[Altai Republic|Altai]] and further to [[Manchuria]] and [[Ussuri]]. It is [[bird migration|migratory]], with European birds wintering in southern and western Europe and [[Africa]] (south to the Equator), and Asian migrants moving to tropical [[South Asia|southern Asia]].