Ethiopian snipe (Gallinago nigripennis) standing by water. This bird lives near marshes and flooded grasslands in parts of southern and eastern Africa

---

Ethiopian snipe (Gallinago nigripennis) standing by water. This bird lives near marshes and flooded grasslands in parts of southern and eastern Africa. It uses its long, tapering beak to find insects, worms and crustaceans. Photographed in the Paarl Bird Sanctuary, South Africa.

---

Size: 3122px × 4513px
Photo credit: © TONY CAMACHO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: african, animal, bird, eastern, ethiopian, gallinago, nature, nigripennis, paarl, sanctuary, snipe, southern, water, wildlife, zoology