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African black duck. The African black duck is a black duck with pronounced white marks on its back, a dark bill, and orange legs and feet. A purpish-blue speculum is often visible, especially in flight. It lives in central and southern Africa. It is also known as the black river duck, or (A. s. leucostigma) West African black duck or Ethiopian ...
Black duck may refer to three dabbling ducks: African black duck, Anas sparsa; American black duck, Anas rubripes; Pacific black duck, Anas superciliosa;
Fulvous whistling-duck. Order: Anseriformes Family: Anatidae. The family Anatidae includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swans. These are birds adapted to an aquatic existence, with webbed feet, flattened bills, and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to an oily coating.
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Southern Africa.Southern Africa is defined as Africa south of a line between the Kunene and Zambezi rivers, encompassing Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, mainland South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini and southern and central Mozambique, as well as oceanic waters within 200 nautical miles (370 km) of the coast, covering approximately 3.5 million square ...
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Africa.The area covered by this list is the Africa region defined by the American Birding Association's listing rules. [1] In addition to the continent itself, the area includes Madagascar, Mauritius, Rodrigues, Seychelles, Cape Verde, the Comoro Islands, Zanzibar and the Canary Islands, São Tomé and Príncipe and Annobón in the Gulf of Guinea.
African black duck, Anas sparsa; Yellow-billed duck, Anas undulata; Red-billed teal, Anas erythrorhyncha; Northern pintail, Anas acuta; Common teal, Anas crecca; White-backed duck, Thalassornis leuconotus; Spur-winged goose, Plectropterus gambensis; Comb duck, Sarkidiornis melanotos; African pygmy goose, Nettapus auritus
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Mozambique.The avifauna of Mozambique include a total of 788 species, of which 4 have been introduced by humans.. This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2022 edition.
The black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) spends northern winters in Zambia. Order: Charadriiformes Family: Laridae. Laridae is a family of medium to large seabirds, the gulls, terns, and skimmers. Gulls are typically grey or white, often with black markings on the head or wings. They have stout, longish bills and webbed feet.