Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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African Black Duck* |
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Anas sparsa |
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Description (10)
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African Black Duck
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Other Names (World)
African Black Duck, Black River Duck, Black Duck, West African Black Duck, Ethiopian Black Duck, South African Black Duck
Family
Anatidae (Ducks, Geese, Swans)
Size
48 - 57 cm
First Described (Guide)
Eyton, 1838
Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea (B) (NB), Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa (B), Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Vagrant to Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Mali.
Population
Estimated population is 29,000 - 70,000 (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Food
Aquatic animals, plant material, seeds, small fish, snails, crabs, insect larvae and pupae.
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (6)...)
African Black Duck (Anas sparsa) [XC498496]
by Louis A. Hansen from Klerksdorp, Southern DC, North West, South Africa (alarm call)
African Black Duck (Anas) [XC41498]
by Nature sounds by Simply Birding from Akaki river, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (call)
Subspecies
Population of Gabon and Cameroon have been assigned to subspecies maclatchyi, but doubtfully valid.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
- sparsa Eyton, 1838 - Southern Africa south of Zimbabwe.
- leucostigma Rüppell, 1845 - Western equatorial Africa; eastern Africa south to Zimbabwe.
References
See References.
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the African Black Duck see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
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