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Podica senegalensis

African Finfoot

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Containing group: Heliornithidae

Other Names for Podica senegalensis

References

Beddard, F.E. 1890. On the anatomy of Podica senegalensis. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1889/1890:425–443.

Whateley, A. 1982. Anting in the African finfoot. Ostrich 53(3):177.

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Scientific Name Podica senegalensis
Location The Gambia
Comments Photo taken just before sunset from a canoe
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Podica senegalensis / African Finfoot
Source Collection Flickr
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License - Version 2.0.
Copyright © 2007 Joaquim Maceira
Scientific Name Podica senegalensis
Location on the Riverbank of the Kafue River, Zambia
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source File:African_Finfoot.jpg
Source Collection Wikimedia Commons
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License - Version 3.0.
Copyright © Lodewijk Nell, FGASA Level 1 Field Guide
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