African Finfoot Podica senegalensis Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (24)
- Subspecies (4)
G. Derek Engelbrecht
Version: 2.0 — Published February 16, 2024
Revision Notes
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Watertrapper |
| Catalan | heliornis africà |
| Czech | chřástalec africký |
| Dutch | Watertrapper |
| English | African Finfoot |
| English (United States) | African Finfoot |
| French | Grébifoulque d'Afrique |
| French (France) | Grébifoulque d'Afrique |
| German | Binsenralle |
| Icelandic | Taumblaðka |
| Japanese | アフリカヒレアシ |
| Norwegian | flekksvømmerikse |
| Polish | perkołyska afrykańska |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Pés-de-barbatanas |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Pés-de-barbatanas |
| Russian | Африканский лапчатоног |
| Serbian | Afrički sunčani gnjurac |
| Slovak | chriašteľovec pásavý |
| Spanish | Avesol Africano |
| Spanish (Spain) | Avesol africano |
| Swedish | afrikansk simrall |
| Turkish | Afrika Batağanyelvesi |
| Ukrainian | Лапчастоніг африканський |
| Zulu | igwedlamanzi |
Revision Notes
This account is part of the 8th edition of Roberts Birds of Southern Africa. This project is a joint collaboration between the John Voelcker Bird Book Fund and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. G. Derek Engelbrecht revised the account. Guy Kirwan reviewed the draft, and Ben Smit and Derek Engelbrecht edited the account. G. Derek Engelbrecht and Arnau Bonan Barfull curated the media.
Podica senegalensis (Vieillot, 1817)
PROTONYM:
Heliornis senegalensis
Vieillot, 1817. Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 14, p.277.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Senegal.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PODICA
- senegala / senegalensis / senegalla / senegallensis / senegalli / senegallus
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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