bird · Charadriiformes · Scolopacidae

African Snipe

Gallinago nigripennis Bonaparte, 1839 — also called Ethiopian Snipe, AFSN. Occurrence records of the African Snipe are shared on GBIF from around 20 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Marievale Bird Sanctuary (1 224 records), in 6 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernScolopacidae

20reserves with records

1 761records around them

6provinces

LCIUCN category

African Snipe (Gallinago nigripennis) — Photo: Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Marievale Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	GP Gauteng	1 224
Sneeuwberg Protected EnvironmentProtected area	FS Free State	155
Greater Lakenvlei Protected EnvironmentProtected area	MP Mpumalanga	57
Middelpunt Nature ReserveProtected area	MP Mpumalanga	53
Bronkhorstspruit Dam Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	40
Bronkies Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	39
Ntsikeni Nature ReserveGame reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	29
Tienie Versveld Wildflower ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	26
Tienie Versfeld Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	26
Wolhuterskop Game and Nature ReservePrivate game reserve	FS Free State	21
Mount Currie Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	19
Raptor Rescue PlettWildlife sanctuary	WC Western Cape	18
!Khwa ttu Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	16
Seekoeivlei Nature ReserveNature reserve	FS Free State	8
Nooitgedacht Dam Nature ReserveNature reserve	MP Mpumalanga	8
Boskop Dam Nature ReserveNature reserve	NW North West	7
Pretorius KloofNature reserve	FS Free State	6
Loskop Dam Nature ReserveNature reserve	MP Mpumalanga	5
Olifantsvlei Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	2
Koppies Dam Nature ReserveNature reserve	FS Free State	2

By province

Free State: 5 reserves
Gauteng: 4 reserves
Mpumalanga: 4 reserves
Western Cape: 4 reserves
KwaZulu-Natal: 2 reserves
North West: 1 reserve

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Scolopacidae
Scientific name: Gallinago nigripennis
GBIF taxon: 2481809
Wikidata: Q1260623

More of the Scolopacidae family

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Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.