African Snipe

Scientific name: Gallinago nigripennis

African Snipe Fact File

Distribution: Eastern, south-central and southern Africa

Conservation Status: Least Concern

Subspecies: Three

• G. n. aequatorialis: Eastern Zimbabwe and northern Mozambique
• G. n. angolensis: Angola and northern Namibia to Zambia and western Zimbabwe
• G. n. nigripennis: Southern Mozambique and South Africa

Current conservation efforts

None

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