Yellow-billed Duck

Anas undulata - Canard à bec jaune

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Anseriformes

  • Family
    :

    Anatidés

  • Genus
    :

    Anas

  • Species
    :

    undulata

Descriptor

Dubois, CF, 1838

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 63 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 823 à 1310 g
Longevity

20 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Canard à bec jaune
adult
Canard à bec jaune
adult

Yellow-billed Duck (Anas undulata) is a species of bird in the Anatidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

  • Anas undulata undulata (s Kenya to Angola and w South Africa)
  • Anas undulata ruppelli (e Sudan, Ethiopia, n Kenya)

Foreign names

  • Canard à bec jaune,
  • Ánade picolimón,
  • pato-de-bico-amarelo,
  • Gelbschnabelente,
  • sárgacsőrű réce,
  • Geelsnaveleend,
  • Germano beccogiallo,
  • gulnäbbad and,
  • Gulnebband,
  • kačica šupinatá,
  • kachna žlutozobá,
  • Gulnæbbet And,
  • keltanokkasorsa,
  • Geelbekeend,
  • ànec becgroc,
  • kaczka żółtodzioba,
  • Желтоносая кряква,
  • キバシガモ,
  • 非洲黄嘴鸭,
  • 黃嘴鴨,

Voice song and cries

Canard à bec jaune
adult plum. breeding

Habitat

Canard à bec jaune
adult

Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Strea

ms/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha), Permanent Saline, Brackish or alkaline Lakes, Seasonal/Intermittent Saline, Brackish or alkaline Lakes and Flats, Permanent Saline, Brackish or alkaline Marshes/Pools, Seasonal/Intermittent Saline, Brackish or alkaline Marshes/Pools ; Marine Neritic : Estuaries ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Water Storage Areas (over 8ha), Salt Exploitation Sites, Wastewater Treatment Areas

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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published: - Updated: 10-07-2011
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