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 LC    African Black Duck* Id (Atlas):
    Anas sparsa

Description (10)
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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

Range (Guide)
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) [XC29204]
     by Charles Hesse from Ndundulu, Udzungwa Mts, Iringa Region, Tanzania (call)

 
African Black Duck (Anas sparsa) [XC464064]
     by Lynette Rudman from Bathurst, South Africa (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
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Files:
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