African Snipe

Gallinago nigripennis - Bécassine africaine

Systematics

Order
:
Charadriiformes
Family
:
Scolopacidés
Genus
:
Gallinago
Species
:
nigripennis

Descriptor

Bonaparte, 1839

Biometrics

Size
: 29 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 93 à 164 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

African Snipe (Gallinago nigripennis) is a species of bird in the Scolopacidae family.

Subspecific information 3 subspecies

Gallinago nigripennis nigripennis (s Mozambique and South Africa)
Gallinago nigripennis aequatorialis (Ethiopia to e DRCongo, e Zimbabwe and n Mozambique)
Gallinago nigripennis angolensis (Angola and n Namibia to Zambia and w Zimbabwe)

Foreign names

Bécassine africaine,
Agachadiza africana,
narceja-africana,
Afrikabekassine,
afrikai sárszalonka,
Afrikaanse Snip,
Beccaccino africano,
afrikansk beckasin,
Afrikabekkasin,
močiarnica okatá,
bekasina africká,
Afrikansk Bekkasin,
afrikankurppa,
Afrikaanse Snip,
becadell africà,
bekas afrykański,
Африканский бекас,
アフリカジシギ,
非洲沙锥,
黑翅沙錐,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Wetlands (inland) : Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha), Permanent Inland Deltas ; Marine Neritic : Estuaries ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes, Coastal Freshwater Lakes ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Seasonally Flooded Agricultural Land, Canals and Drainage Channels, Ditches