African Snipe
Gallinago nigripennis
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Scolopacidae
- Genus
- Gallinago
- eBird Code
- afrsni1
Vocalizations
Geoff Nichols · CC0_1_0
Subspecies (3)
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Gallinago nigripennis aequatorialis
Ethiopia to eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Malawi, and Mozambique
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Gallinago nigripennis angolensis
Angola and Namibia to Zambia and western Zimbabwe
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Gallinago nigripennis nigripennis
southern Mozambique and South Africa
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.