African Snipe
Gallinago nigripennisBonaparte, CLJL, 1839
English (US) African Snipe
The African Snipe (Gallinago nigripennis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Scolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies) in the order Charadriiformes.
- Scientific name
- Gallinago nigripennis
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- African Snipe
- Described by
- Bonaparte, CLJL, 1839
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Gallinago nigripennis aequatorialis
- Gallinago nigripennis angolensis
- Gallinago nigripennis nigripennis
Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Bonaparte, CLJL, 1839
- Type locality
- Cape of Good Hope.
- Original description
- Iconografia della fauna italica per le quattro classi degli animali vertebrati 1, fasc. 25 p.4 textpl.43
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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