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Gallinago nigripennis angolensis |
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Capella nigripennis |
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Bécassine d'Afrique orientale |
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African Snipe |
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| Tshiselesele (Tshiluba) ; Kitabwa: lutebeka ? (Kitabwa) ; lwitamfula, nsompa (Kibemba) | |
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It is the only sedentary snipe. |
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Nests here during teh dry season. Its aerial breeding display sometimes takes place during full moon nights above marshes. One can hear a drumming noise caused by air passing over the stiffened outertail feathers. |
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Warning :
This database was established according to official pieces of work and with the help of famous scientists. However, there might be some errors.
The vernacular names were collected in the field and in the colonial literature from the first part of the 20th century. The monks who established the first dictionaries were not necessarily informed naturalists. Therefore, errors must have been committed.
We invite everyone who could help us to improve this working tool to contact us in order to correct us and share her/his knowledge with us.
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