Gallinago nigripennis (African snipe, Ethiopian snipe) 

Afrikaanse snip [Afrikaans]; Umnquduluthi [Xhosa]; uNununde [Zulu]; Nkoko [Kwangali]; Koe-koe-lemao (generic term for sandpiper), Motjoli-matsana [South Sotho]; Afrikaanse snip [Dutch]; Bécassine africaine [French]; Afrikanische bekassine [German]; Narceja-africana [Portuguese]

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Gallinago nigripennis (African snipe, Ethiopian snipe)   

African snipe. [photo Callie de Wet ©]

 

Distribution of African snipe in southern Africa, based on statistical smoothing of the records from first SA Bird Atlas Project (© Animal Demography unit, University of Cape Town; smoothing by Birgit Erni and Francesca Little). Colours range from dark blue (most common) through to yellow (least common). See here for the latest distribution from the SABAP2.  

 

 

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