Adult Magellanic snipe Gallinago paraguaiae magellanica on Carcass Island in the Falkland Islands, South Atlantic Ocean. Adult Magellanic snipe Gallinago paraguaiae magellanica on Carcass Island in the Falkland Islands, South Atlantic Ocean MORE INFO This snipe is a small, stocky wader Its taxonomic position is complicated The breeding habitat is peat bogs The nest is a well-hidden depression on the ground Both parents incubate the two buff eggs for about 19 days to hatching, the precocial