African Pygmy Goose
Nettapus auritus - Anserelle naine
Systematics
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Order:
Anseriformes
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Family:
Anatidés
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Genus:
Nettapus
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Species:
auritus
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 33 cm
- Wingspan: -
- Weight: 260 à 290 g
Geographic range
Description identification
African Pygmy Goose (Nettapus auritus) is a species of bird in the Anatidae family.
Subspecific information monotypic species
Foreign names
- Anserelle naine,
- Gansito africano,
- pato-orelhudo,
- Schmuckzwergente,
- afrikai törpelúd,
- Afrikaanse Dwergeend,
- Oca pigmea africana,
- afrikansk dvärgand,
- Praktdvergand,
- kačôčka čiapočkatá,
- kachnička pestrá,
- Afrikansk Dværgand,
- afrikankääpiösorsa,
- Dwerggans,
- oca pigmea africana,
- kaczuszka afrykańska,
- Африканский блестящий чирок,
- アフリカマメガン,
- 厚嘴棉凫,
- 厚嘴棉鴨,
Habitat
Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)
Sources of information
- Roberts Bird Guide, Hugh Chittenden
- 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 the World, The Cornell Lab of Ornithology
- IOC World Bird List (v12.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2022.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Coliiformes
- Columbiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Strigiformes
- Struthioniformes
- Suliformes
- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes