Friday, June 1, 2012

>Nettapus auritus (African Pygmy Goose)

African Pygmy Goose



African Pygmy Goose
A pair in Ethiopia (female in foreground)
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Anseriformes
Family:Anatidae
Genus:Nettapus
Species:N. auritus
Binomial name
Nettapus auritus
(Boddaert, 1783)

Male at Houston Zoo, USA

Female at North Carolina Zoo, USA
























The African Pygmy Goose (Nettapus auritus) is a very small perching duck from sub-Saharan Africa. It is the smallest of Africa's wildfowl. It is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.

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