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African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis Scientific name definitions

Jan Van Gils, Popko Wiersma, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 23, 2016

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Distribution of the African Snipe - Range Map
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Distribution of the African Snipe

Recommended Citation

Van Gils, J., P. Wiersma, and G. M. Kirwan (2020). African Snipe (Gallinago nigripennis), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.afrsni1.01
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