African Black Duck
Anas sparsa - Canard noirâtre
Systematics
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Order:
Anseriformes
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Family:
Anatidés
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Genus:
Anas
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Species:
sparsa
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 58 cm
- Wingspan: -
- Weight: 760 à 1077 g
Geographic range
Identification
African Black Duck (Anas sparsa) is a species of bird in the Anatidae family.
Subspecific information 2 subspecies
- Anas sparsa sparsa (Namibia and s Zimbabwe to South Africa)
- Anas sparsa leucostigma (Nigeria to DRCongo, Sudan and Ethiopia south to Zimbabwe and Angola)
Foreign names
- Canard noirâtre,
- Ánade negro,
- pato-preto-africano,
- Schwarzente,
- afrikai fekete réce,
- Afrikaanse Zwarte Eend,
- Germano nero africano,
- flodand,
- Elveand,
- kačica tmavá,
- kachna temná,
- Sodfarvet And,
- afrikannokisorsa,
- Swarteend,
- ànec negre africà,
- moręgówka,
- Африканская чёрная утка,
- シラボシガモ,
- 非洲黑鸭,
- 黑鴨,
Habitat
Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha) ; Marine Neritic : Estuaries ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Water Storage Areas (over 8ha), Wastewater Treatment Areas
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Sources of information
- Guide des canards, des oies et des cygnes, Steve Madge
- Vol. 1 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliot-Jordi Sargatal
- Birds of Africa South of the Sahara, Ian Sinclair and Peter Ryan
- Birds of Southern Africa, Ian Sinclair, Phil Hockey, Warwick Tarboton
- Avibase, Lepage Denis
- BirdLife International, BirdLife International
- Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
- IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2023.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Aegotheliformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Coliiformes
- Columbiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Nyctibiiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podargiformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Steatornithiformes
- Strigiformes
- Struthioniformes
- Suliformes
- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes