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- 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
[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]
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[edit] Habitat
Freshwater in fairly open country.
[edit] Behaviour
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
- 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
- Avibase
- Wikipedia
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