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Photo by Mybs
Helderberg Nature Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa, September 2004

Anas undulata

[edit] Identification

• Grey body
• Darker head
• Bright yellow bill
• Wings: white below with white-bordered green speculum (blue in the northern race)
  

Sexes similar. Juveniles slightly duller than adults

Photo by nkgray
Marievale wetland, Gauteng, South Africa, December 2005

[edit] Distribution

Africa
Western Africa: Mali, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola
Eastern Africa: Sudan, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique and Malawi
Southern Africa: Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho and Swaziland.

[edit] Taxonomy

Anas undulata has two subspecies:^[1]

• A. u. undulata

• Locally from Kenya (upper Blue Nile region) to Uganda to Angola and South Africa

• A. u. rueppelli

• Ethiopia to northern Kenya and southern Sudan

[edit] Habitat

Freshwater in fairly open country.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

The diet includes plant food for which it dabbles mainly in the evening or at night.

[edit] Breeding

It nests on the ground in dense vegetation near water. The clutch consists of 6-12 eggs.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
2. Avibase
3. Wikipedia

• List of references

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