African Finfoot bird informationValues
Conservation statusLC - Least concern
SynonymsPeters's Finfoot, Peters' Finfoot, Peter's Finfoot, Finfoot
Old latin name for birdHeliornis senegalensis, Podoa mosambicana, Podoa josephina, Podica mosambicana
OrderCranes, rails and relatives / Gruiformes
FamilyFinfoots / Heliornithidae
GenusPodica
Breeding regionAfrica
Breeding subregionwidespread

African Finfoot bird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Call, © Étienne Leroy
    Ivory Coast
  • 2.
    Call, © Lynette Rudman
    South Africa
  • 3.
    Uncertain, © Riaan Marais
    Tanzania
  • 4.
    Call, life stage uncertain, sex uncertain, © Lynette Rudman
    South Africa
  • 5.
    Call, © Andrew Spencer
    Senegal
  • 6.
    Call, © Tim Cockcroft
    South Africa
  • 7.
    Call, © Bram Piot
    Senegal
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Where to see African Finfoot

African Finfoot subspecies (4)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Podica senegalensis camerunensiss Cameroon to DR Congo-No
Podica senegalensis petersiiAngola to Mozambique s to South Africa-No
Podica senegalensis senegalensisGambia and Senegal to Nigeria and Ethiopia to n DR Congo, Uganda and nw Tanzania-No
Podica senegalensis somereniKenya and ne Tanzania-No

Translation

LanguageTranslation
AfrikaansWatertrapper
AzerbaijaniAfrika pəncəayağı
Bengaliিঅচিকায ঩যাযা঩াচি
Catalanheliorni africà
Chinese非洲鳍趾䴘, 非洲鳍趾鷉
Chinese (Traditional)鰭腳日鷈
Croatianafrički sunčac
Czechchřástalec africký, Chrástalec africký
DanishAfrikansk Svømmerikse
DutchWatertrapper, Afrikaanse Fuutkoet
EsperantoSenegala podiko
Estonianaafrika redulind
Finnishafrikanuikkukana
FrenchGrébifoulque du Sénégal, Grébifoulque d’Afrique, Grébifoulque d'Afrique
GermanAfrikanische Binsenralle, Binsenralle
HungarianPettyes búvárcsibe
IcelandicTaumblaðka
ItalianSvassorallo africano, Svasso folaga africano, Rallo tuffatore africano
Japaneseアフリカヒレアシ
Kazakhафрикалық табанаяқ, Африка табанаяғы
Lithuanianafrikinė skiautėtakojė vištelė
NorwegianFlekksvømmerikse, flekksvømmerikse
Norwegian NynorskFlekksymjerikse
Polishperkołyska afrykańska, perkolyska afrykanska
PortuguesePes-de-barbatana, pés-de-barbatana-africano, pés-de-barbatanas
RussianАфриканский лапчатоног
SerbianAfrički sunčani gnjurac
Slovakchriašteľovec pásavý, chriašteľovec trsťový
SpanishAvesol africano, Ave de Sol Africana, Ave del sol africana
SwahiliKiguudau
Swedishafrikansk simrall
TurkishAfrika Batağanyelvesi
Ukrainianлапчастоніг африканський