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Location: Helderberg Nature Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa

Anas undulata

[edit] Identification

Grey, darker head, bright yellow bill, wings are white below with white-bordered green speculum. Sexes are similar, and juveniles are slightly duller than adults. The north-eastern race is darker and has a brighter bill and blue speculum.

[edit] Distribution

Southern and eastern Africa.

[edit] Taxonomy

Anas undulata has two subspecies:^[1]

• A. u. undulata

• Locally from Kenya and 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

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

It nests on the ground in dense vegetation near water; 6-12 eggs are laid.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.

• List of references

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