The African snipe also known as the Ethiopian snipe, is a small stocky wader. It breeds in eastern and southern Africa in wet mountain moorland and swamps at altitudes of 1,700–4,000 m (5,600–13,100 ft). When not breeding it disperses widely, including into coastal lowlands. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
Bonaparte, CLJL 1839
Reference:
Iconogr. Fauna Ital.
1, fasc. 25 p.4 textpl.43
Protonym:
Gallinago nigripennis
Type locality:
Cape of Good Hope.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180238#page/356/mode/1up
Avibase ID:
831FC1471D5DB817
Avibase ID:
avibase-831FC147
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/831FC147
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 176707
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
African Bird Club Checklist 2004: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 00: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 01: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 02: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 03: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 04: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Bécassine africaine ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Bécassine africaine ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Clements 1st edition: African Snipe ( Capella nigripennis) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2021: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2022: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2023: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2024: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Clements 3rd edition: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Clements 4th edition: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (as published): African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2015: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2016: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2017: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2018: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2019: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.50: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.52: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.53: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
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eBird version 2018: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
eBird version 2019: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
eBird version 2021: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
eBird version 2022: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
eBird version 2023: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
eBird version 2024: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Morony, Bock and Farrand: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Capella nigripennis [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Capella nigripennis [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Capella nigripennis [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993): African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: African Snipe ( Gallinago nigripennis) [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Gallinago nigripennis [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Gallinago nigripennis [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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