The Magellanic snipe (Gallinago magellanica) is a bird in tribe Scolopancinai and subfamily Scolopacinae of family Scolopacidae, the sandpipers and relatives.

Its upperparts have a complex pattern of muted whitish, buffy, rufous, and black on a brown background.

[5] The Magellanic snipe is found from north-central Chile and northwestern Argentina south into Tierra del Fuego and also on the Falkland Islands.

[3] It inhabits a variety of damp to wet landscapes including pampas, peat bogs, flooded steppe, tussock grasslands, the edges of marshes, and sometimes swampy woods.

The male performs a winnowing display during courtship, flying high in circles and then taking shallow dives to produce a distinctive sound.

The chip and chipper calls are typically made from the ground or near it such as from a fence post.

The species' non-vocal winnowing is made by air flowing over the outer tail feathers during flight.