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African Finfoot / Podica senegalensis LC

  • Synonyms Peter's Finfoot, Finfoot, Peters's Finfoot, Peters' Finfoot
  • Old latin name for bird Podica mosambicana, Podoa mosambicana, Heliornis senegalensis, Podoa josephina

African Finfootbird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Call, © Lynette Rudman
    South Africa
  • 2.
    Call, © Étienne Leroy
    Ivory Coast
  • 3.
    Uncertain, © Riaan Marais
    Tanzania
  • 4.
    Call, © Brendan Sloan
    Sierra Leone
  • 5.
    Call, © Bram Piot
    Senegal
  • 6.
    Call, © Brendan Sloan
    Sierra Leone
  • 7.
    Call, © Tim Cockcroft
    South Africa
  • 8.
    Call, © Andrew Spencer
    Senegal
  • 9.
    Call, life stage uncertain, sex uncertain, © Lynette Rudman
    South Africa
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Where to see African Finfoot

  • Breeding region Africa
  • Breeding subregion widespread

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

Species Name in Other Languages

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
ItalianRallo tuffatore africano, Svasso folaga africano, Svassorallo africano
Japaneseアフリカヒレアシ
Kazakhафрикалық табанаяқ, Африка табанаяғы
Lithuanianafrikinė skiautėtakojė vištelė
Norwegianflekksvømmerikse
Norwegian NynorskFlekksymjerikse
Polishperkołyska afrykańska, perkolyska afrykanska
PortuguesePés-de-barbatanas, pés-de-barbatana-africano, Pes-de-barbatana
RussianАфриканский лапчатоног
SerbianAfrički sunčani gnjurac
Slovakchriašteľovec pásavý, chriašteľovec trsťový
SpanishAve del sol africana, Ave de Sol Africana, Avesol africano
SwahiliKiguudau
Swedishafrikansk simrall
TurkishAfrika Batağanyelvesi
Ukrainianлапчастоніг африканський