African Finfoot
Podica senegalensis
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderGruiformes (Cranes, Rails, and Allies)
- FamilyHeliornithidae (Finfoots)
- GenusPodica
- SpeciesPodica senegalensis (African Finfoot)
Closest Relatives at Garden Route National Park
Red-knobbed Coot
Fulica cristata
Common Moorhen
Gallinula chloropus
Black Crake
Amaurornis flavirostra
Western Swamphen
Porphyrio porphyrio
Blue Crane
Anthropoides paradiseus
Allen's Gallinule
Porphyrio alleni
African Crake
Crex egregia
African Rail
Rallus caerulescens
Red-chested Flufftail
Sarothrura rufa
Buff-spotted Flufftail
Sarothrura elegans
Striped Flufftail
Sarothrura affinis
Baillon's Crake
Porzana pusilla
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niokolo-Koba National Park | 🇸🇳 Senegal | |
| 2 | Kafue National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 3 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 5 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 6 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 7 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 8 | Mkomazi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 9 | Meru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 10 | Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 11 | Akagera National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 12 | Pilanesberg National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 13 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 14 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 15 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 16 | Chobe National Park | 🇧🇼 Botswana |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a African Finfoot in Garden Route National Park?
About 4% of visitor-days record a African Finfoot sighting in Garden Route National Park, based on 5 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see African Finfoot in Garden Route National Park?
August has the highest sighting rate for African Finfoot in Garden Route National Park in our monthly data.