• Synonyms Ethiopian Snipe
  • Old latin name for bird Capella nigripennis

African Snipebird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Call, © Andrew Spencer
    Ethiopia
  • 2.
    Call, flight call, © Niall Perrins
    South Africa
  • 3.
    Flight call, © Alan Collett
    South Africa
  • 4.
    Call, © Tony Archer
    South Africa
  • 5.
    Call, caco frog, cattle, car passing, © Tony Archer
    South Africa
  • 6.
    Call, © Gary Allport
    Mozambique
  • 7.
    Call, © Lynette Rudman
    South Africa
  • 8.
    Alarm call, © Alan Collett
    South Africa
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

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Where to see African Snipe

  • Breeding region Africa
  • Breeding subregion subtropical to tropical wetlands of ne, sc, s Africa

African Snipe subspecies (3)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Gallinago nigripennis aequatorialisEthiopia to e DR Congo, e Zimbabwe and n Mozambique-No
Gallinago nigripennis angolensisAngola and n Namibia to Zambia and w Zimbabwe-No
Gallinago nigripennis nigripenniss Mozambique and South Africa-No

Species Name in Other Languages

LanguageTranslation
AfrikaansAfrikaanse Snip
AzerbaijaniAfrika tənbəlcüllütü
Bengaliিঅচিকান চযাগা
Catalanbecadell africà
Chinese非洲沙锥
Chinese (Traditional)黑翅沙錐
Croatianafrička šljuka
Czechbekasina africká
DanishAfrikansk Bekkasin
DutchAfrikaanse Snip
EsperantoAfrika galinago
Estonianaafrika tikutaja
Finnishafrikankurppa
FrenchBécassine africaine
GermanAfrikabekassine, Afrika-Bekassine, AfrikanischeBekassine, Afrikanische Bekassine
Hebrewחרטומית אפריקנית
Hungarianafrikai sárszalonka
ItalianBeccaccino africano, Beccacino africano
Japaneseアフリカジシギ
Lithuanianafrikinis perkūno oželis
Norwegianafrikabekkasin
Norwegian NynorskAfrikabekkasin
Polishbekas afrykański, bekas afrykanski
Portuguesenarceja-africana, Narceja africana
RussianАфриканский бекас
SerbianAfrička barska šljuka
Slovakmočiarnica okatá
SpanishAgachadiza africana
SwahiliSululu wa Afrika
Swedishafrikansk beckasin
TatarАфрика чуллыгы
TurkishAfrika Suçulluğu
Ukrainianбаранець африканський
XhosaUmnquduluthi
ZuluuNununde