African finfoot
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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.
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African finfoot | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Gruiformes |
Family: | Heliornithidae |
Genus: | Podica Lesson, 1831 |
Species: | P. senegalensis |
Binomial name | |
Podica senegalensis (Vieillot, 1817) | |
Synonyms | |
Heliornis senegalensis Vieillot, 1817 |
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