African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (23)
- Subspecies (3)
Jan Van Gils, Popko Wiersma, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 23, 2016
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 23, 2016
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Afrikaanse Snip |
| Czech | bekasina africká |
| Danish | Afrikansk Bekkasin |
| Dutch | Afrikaanse Snip |
| English | African Snipe |
| English (United States) | African Snipe |
| Finnish | afrikankurppa |
| French | Bécassine africaine |
| French (French Guiana) | Bécassine africaine |
| German | Afrikabekassine |
| Hebrew | חרטומית אפריקנית |
| Japanese | アフリカジシギ |
| Norwegian | afrikabekkasin |
| Polish | bekas afrykański |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Narceja-africana |
| Russian | Африканский бекас |
| Serbian | Afrička barska šljuka |
| Slovak | močiarnica okatá |
| Spanish | Agachadiza Africana |
| Spanish (Spain) | Agachadiza africana |
| Swedish | afrikansk beckasin |
| Turkish | Afrika Suçulluğu |
| Ukrainian | Баранець африканський |
Gallinago nigripennis Bonaparte, 1839
PROTONYM:
Gallinago nigripennis
Bonaparte, 1839. Iconogr.FaunaItal. 1, fasc. 25, p.4 textpl.43.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Cape of Good Hope.
Definitions
- GALLINAGO
- gallinago
- nigripennis
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the African Snipe