This presumed Gallinago delicata snipe (the rightmost bird) was photographed near Fort Worth, Texas
in late October, 2001:
It shows a number of features associated with Pintail Snipe (Gallinago
stenura): The upper scaps have a strong pale inner fringe
(but would be more patterned internally with warm brown on stenura);
the lower scaps also have a strong pale inner fringe - at the
extreme end for delicata?; The width of the dark lores
at the bill is less than the width of the pale supercilium at
the bill; The sides of the bill lack any dark panel along the
cutting edges (a personal observation that this is the norm in
stenura - with few exceptions - and very rare in other
snipes ;value?)
of course, this last photo shows a non-stenura-type outer
tail - actually, it is more typical of G. Gallinago than G. delicata...:
