African pygmy-goose – Nettapus auritus – is a small resident African perching duck of Type – waterbird, Family Anatidae and Order Anseriformes. It is the smallest of African waterfowl and is widely found over s s Africa. In the AWB Region it is also widely resident across the Sahel Belt and more in Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Chad, Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, and Somalia.
Type - waterbird - Typical Habitat - slow and stagnant wetlands with a cover of water lilies, Order: Anseriformes Family: Anatidae Genus: Nettapus Species: Nettapus auritus African pygmy-goose - Species - ebird.org African pygmy-goose - Species sheet - wikipedia.org African pygmy-goose - Species - animalia.bio African pygmy-goose - Species - inaturalist.org African pygmy-goose - Sounds & Maps - xeno-canto.org Additional Material... African pygmy-goose - Images - google.com African pygmy-goose - Video - youtube.com African pygmy-goose - Datazone - birdlife.org