African Finfoot / Podica senegalensis
| African Finfoot bird information | Values |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | LC - Least concern |
| Synonyms | Peters's Finfoot, Peters' Finfoot, Peter's Finfoot, Finfoot |
| Old latin name for bird | Heliornis senegalensis, Podoa mosambicana, Podoa josephina, Podica mosambicana |
| Order | Cranes, rails and relatives / Gruiformes |
| Family | Finfoots / Heliornithidae |
| Genus | Podica |
| Breeding region | Africa |
| Breeding subregion | widespread |
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Where to see African Finfoot
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Congo
- Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kenya
- Liberia
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
African Finfoot subspecies (4)
| Subspecies | Breeding subregion | Nonbreeding subregion | Extinct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Podica senegalensis camerunensis | s Cameroon to DR Congo | - | No |
| Podica senegalensis petersii | Angola to Mozambique s to South Africa | - | No |
| Podica senegalensis senegalensis | Gambia and Senegal to Nigeria and Ethiopia to n DR Congo, Uganda and nw Tanzania | - | No |
| Podica senegalensis somereni | Kenya and ne Tanzania | - | No |
Translation
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Watertrapper |
| Azerbaijani | Afrika pəncəayağı |
| Bengali | িঅচিকায যাযাাচি |
| Catalan | heliorni africà |
| Chinese | 非洲鳍趾䴘, 非洲鳍趾鷉 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 鰭腳日鷈 |
| Croatian | afrički sunčac |
| Czech | chřástalec africký, Chrástalec africký |
| Danish | Afrikansk Svømmerikse |
| Dutch | Watertrapper, Afrikaanse Fuutkoet |
| Esperanto | Senegala podiko |
| Estonian | aafrika redulind |
| Finnish | afrikanuikkukana |
| French | Grébifoulque du Sénégal, Grébifoulque d’Afrique, Grébifoulque d'Afrique |
| German | Afrikanische Binsenralle, Binsenralle |
| Hungarian | Pettyes búvárcsibe |
| Icelandic | Taumblaðka |
| Italian | Svassorallo africano, Svasso folaga africano, Rallo tuffatore africano |
| Japanese | アフリカヒレアシ |
| Kazakh | африкалық табанаяқ, Африка табанаяғы |
| Lithuanian | afrikinė skiautėtakojė vištelė |
| Norwegian | Flekksvømmerikse, flekksvømmerikse |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Flekksymjerikse |
| Polish | perkołyska afrykańska, perkolyska afrykanska |
| Portuguese | Pes-de-barbatana, pés-de-barbatana-africano, pés-de-barbatanas |
| Russian | Африканский лапчатоног |
| Serbian | Afrički sunčani gnjurac |
| Slovak | chriašteľovec pásavý, chriašteľovec trsťový |
| Spanish | Avesol africano, Ave de Sol Africana, Ave del sol africana |
| Swahili | Kiguudau |
| Swedish | afrikansk simrall |
| Turkish | Afrika Batağanyelvesi |
| Ukrainian | лапчастоніг африканський |