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Gruiformes / Heliornithidae / Podica

African Finfoot

Podica senegalensis

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (afrfin1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Gruiformes
Family: Heliornithidae
Genus: Podica

Subspecies (4)

Podica senegalensis camerunensis

southern Cameroon to Gabon, Congo, and northern Democratic Republic of the Congo
Podica senegalensis petersii

Angola to southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Mozambique, and eastern South Africa
Podica senegalensis senegalensis

Senegal to eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, northwestern Tanzania, and Ethiopia
Podica senegalensis somereni

Kenya and northeastern Tanzania

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (afrfin1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.