Podica senegalensis (African Finfoot)

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African Finfoot Podica senegalensis (Vieillot, 1817)
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Order:
  Gruiformes
Family:
  Heliornithidae
Genus:
  Podica

Scientific:
Podica senegalensis

Citation:
(Vieillot, 1817)

Reference:
Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. 14 p.277

Protonym:
Heliornis senegalensis

Avibase ID:
46DECAEEE5908123

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/46DECAEE

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 176398

Geographic range:

Podica senegalensis senegalensis: Senegal to eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, northwestern Tanzania, and Ethiopia
Podica senegalensis somereni: Kenya and ne Tanzania
Podica senegalensis camerunensis: southern Cameroon to Gabon, Congo and northern Democratic Republic of the Congo
Podica senegalensis petersii: Angola to southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Mozambique, and eastern South Africa

Source: Clements checklist

English:
  African Finfoot
Czech:
  chřástalec africký
German:
  Binsenralle
Danish:
  Afrikansk Svømmerikse
Spanish:
  Avesol Africano
Finnish:
  afrikanuikkukana
French:
  Grébifoulque d'Afrique
Italian:
  Svassorallo africano
Japanese:
  afurikahireashi
Japanese:
  アフリカヒレアシ
Dutch:
  Watertrapper
Norwegian:
  Flekksvømmerikse
Polish:
  perkolyska afrykanska
Portuguese:
  Pes-de-barbatana
Russian:
  Африканский лапчатоног
Slovak:
  chriašteľovec pásavý
Swedish:
  afrikansk simrall
Chinese:
  非洲鳍趾䴘

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
   African Finfoot ( Podica senegalensis) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
   African Finfoot ( Podica senegalensis) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
   African Finfoot ( Podica senegalensis) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
   African Finfoot ( Podica senegalensis) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
   African Finfoot ( Podica senegalensis) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
   African Finfoot ( Podica senegalensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
   African Finfoot ( Podica senegalensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
   African Finfoot ( Podica senegalensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
   African Finfoot ( Podica senegalensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
   African Finfoot ( Podica senegalensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
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Birdlife checklist version 02:
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Birdlife checklist version 03:
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Birdlife checklist version 04:
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
   African Finfoot ( Podica senegalensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
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Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
   African Finfoot ( Podica senegalensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
   African Finfoot ( Podica senegalensis) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
   Grébifoulque d'Afrique ( Podica senegalensis) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
   Grébifoulque d'Afrique ( Podica senegalensis) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
   Peter's Finfoot ( Podica senegalensis) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
   African Finfoot ( Podica senegalensis) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
   African Finfoot ( Podica senegalensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
   African Finfoot ( Podica senegalensis) [version 1]
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eBird version 1.50:
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eBird version 2017:
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eBird version 2018:
   African Finfoot ( Podica senegalensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
   Peters' Finfoot ( Podica senegalensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
   Peters' Finfoot ( Podica senegalensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
   African Finfoot ( Podica senegalensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
   African Finfoot ( Podica senegalensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
   African Finfoot ( Podica senegalensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
   African Finfoot ( Podica senegalensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
   African Finfoot ( Podica senegalensis)
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
   African Finfoot ( Podica senegalensis) [version 1]
James Lee Peters:
    Podica senegalensis [version 1]
James Lee Peters (original):
    Podica senegalensis [version 1]
James Lee Peters (2nd edition):
    Podica senegalensis [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
   African Finfoot ( Podica senegalensis) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
   African Finfoot ( Podica senegalensis) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe 2nd edition (1996):
   African Finfoot ( Podica senegalensis) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
    Podica senegalensis [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
    Podica senegalensis [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Other synonyms
Afrikaans: Watertrapper
Catalan: Heliorni africà
Czech: Chrástalec africký, chřástalec africký
Danish: Afrikansk Svømmerikse
German: Afrikanische Binsenralle, Binsenralle
English: African Finfoot, Finfoot, Peter's Finfoot, Peters' Finfoot, Peters's Finfoot
English (IOC): African Finfoot
English (Kenya): African Finfoot
Spanish: Ave de Sol Africana, Ave del sol africana, Avesol Africano
Spanish (Spain): Avesol Africano
Spanish (HBW): African Finfoot
Estonian: aafrika redulind
Finnish: Afrikanuikkukana
French: Grébifoulque d’Afrique, Grébifoulque d'Afrique, Grébifoulque du Sénégal
Hungarian: Pettyes búvárcsibe
Italian: Rallo tuffatore africano, Svasso folaga africano, Svassorallo africano
Japanese: afurikahireashi
Japanese: アフリカヒレアシ
Scientific: Heliornis senegalensis, Podica senegalensis, Podica senegalensis senegalensis
Lithuanian: Afrikinė skiautėtakojė vištelė
Dutch: Afrikaanse Fuutkoet, Watertrapper
Norwegian Nynorsk: Flekksymjerikse
Norwegian: Flekksvømmerikse
Polish: perkolyska afrykanska, perkołyska afrykańska
Portuguese: Pes-de-barbatana, Pés-de-barbatanas
Portuguese (Portugal): Pés-de-barbatanas
Russian: Африканский лапчатоног
Slovak: chriašteľovec pásavý, chriašteľovec trsťový
Swedish: Afrikansk simrall
Swahili: Kiguudau
Turkish: Afrika Batağanyelvesi
Ukrainian: Лапчастоніг африканський
Chinese: 非洲鳍趾䴘, 非洲鳍趾鷉
Chinese (Traditional): 鰭腳日鷈