Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
African Pygmy-goose*
Id (Atlas):
Nettapus auritus
Description (10 )
African Pygmy-goose
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Other Names (World)
African Pygmy-goose, Dwarf Goose, Pygmy Goose, African Pygmy Goose
Family
Anatidae (Ducks, Geese, Swans)
Size
30 - 33 cm
First Described (Guide )
(Boddaert, 1783)
Habitat
Permanent or temporary swamps, marshes, inland deltas, shallow lakes, pools, farm impoundments, flood-plains, slow-flowing rivers, coastal lagoons. Shows a preference for deep, clear waters with abundant emergent and aquatic vegetation, especially water-lilies.
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Côte dIvoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania [United Republic of], Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Vagrant to Lesotho, Sâo Tomé e Principe.
Senegal to Ethiopia southwards, except south-western Africa; Madagascar.
 
Population
Estimated population is 110,000 - 270,000 (2010).
Status LC
Habitat degradation such as the destruction of aquatic plant communities through the introduction of exotic fish, siltation, pollution, drainage, human disturbance and hunting are the main threats.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Food
Predominantly the seeds of water-lilies, although the seeds and vegetative parts of other aquatic plants, aquatic insects, small fish may also be taken.
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (12)... )
Listen to XC213870
African Pygmy Goose (Nettapus auritus ) [XC213870 ]
by Andrew Spencer from Choma, Southern, Zambia (flight call)
Listen to XC292462
African Pygmy Goose (Nettapus auritus ) [XC292462 ]
by Andrew Spencer from Lake Awassa, Ethiopia (call)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
References
See References .
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the African Pygmy-goose see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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