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African finfoot (Podica senegalensis)
Subject: African finfoot (Podica senegalensis)
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African finfoot (Podica senegalensis)


Description African Finfoot (Podica senegalensis) female
Date 28 July 1910
Author C. G. Finch-Davies (1875–1920) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._G._Finch-Davies
Source/Photographer Transvaal Museum, Pretoria
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Podica_senegalensis00.jpg

The African finfoot (Podica senegalensis) is an aquatic bird from the family Heliornithidae (the finfoots and sungrebe). The species lives in the rivers and lakes of western, central, and southern Africa. The males are usually darker than the females. It superficially resembles South America's torrent duck. The African finfoot belongs to a family, Heliornithidae, whose only other members are the masked finfoot and the sungrebe. Their relationships between this family and other birds are poorly understood. Order: Gruiformes, Family: Heliornithidae, Genus: Podica, Species: Podica senegalensis (Vieillot, 1817).

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Scientific Name: Podica senegalensis (Vieillot, 1817)
Common Names:
English – African Finfoot
French – Grébifoulque d'Afrique
French: Grébifoulque d’Afrique German: Binsenralle Spanish: Avesol africano
Taxonomy: Heliornis senegalensis Vieillot, 1817, Senegal.

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