Sandpipers, Snipes and Phalaropes (Scolopacidae)
African Snipe (Gallinago nigripennis)
French: Bécassine africaine German: Afrikanische Bekassine Spanish: Agachadiza Africana
Other common names: Ethiopian Snipe
Taxonomy:
Gallinago nigripennis Bonaparte, 1839, Cape of Good Hope.
Genus formerly named Capella, as this name erroneously considered to pre-date Gallinago (see page 446). May form superspecies with G. gallinago and G. paraguaiae, and all three sometimes treated as conspecific. Species sometimes considered monotypic. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- aequatorialis Rüppell, 1845 - Ethiopia through Uganda, E Zaire, Kenya and Tanzania to Malawi, E Zimbabwe and N Mozambique.
- angolensis Bocage, 1868 - Angola and Namibia through Botswana to Zambia and W Zimbabwe.
- nigripennis Bonaparte, 1839 - S Mozambique and South Africa.
- Least Concern
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An adult feeding Wakkerstroom Biosphere Reserve, Wakkerstroom, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa (nigripennis)
Francesc Capdevila... 4 October 2002 6 years ago 28 sec 3.8 -
A bird on a rock Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia (aequatorialis)
Ron Hoff 5 December 2007 2 years ago 33 sec 3.2
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a bird flushed and flying away, on a small stream near Chancho 40 km north of Addis Abeba Ethiopia (aequatorialis)
Stefan Helming 14 December 2008 1 year ago 3
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