African pygmy goose

African pygmy goose
Male in South Africa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Genus: Nettapus
Species:
N. auritus
Binomial name
Nettapus auritus
(Boddaert, 1783)

The African pygmy goose (Nettapus auritus) is a perching duck from sub-Saharan Africa. It is the smallest of Africa's waterfowl, and one of the smallest in the world.[2]

Though pygmy geese have beaks like those of geese, they are more related to the dabbling ducks and other species called 'ducks'.[3]

It is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Nettapus auritus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22680095A92842795. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22680095A92842795.en. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  2. ^ Madge, Steve; Burn, Hilary (1988). Wildfowl. London: Christopher Helm. p. 192. ISBN 978-1-4081-3762-8.
  3. ^ "African pygmy goose". World Association of Zoos and Aquariums. Archived from the original on 7 April 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2012.