African Pygmy Goose

Nettapus auritus (Boddaert, 1783) — also called African Pygmy-Goose, Pygmy Goose, African Pygmy-goose. Occurrence records of the African Pygmy Goose are shared on GBIF from around 6 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Saint Lucia Park (512 records).

IUCN: Least concernAnatidae

6reserves with records

659records around them

1provinces

LCIUCN category

African Pygmy Goose (Nettapus auritus) — Photo: Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Saint Lucia ParkNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	512
Kosi BayNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	71
Maputaland Marine ReserveMarine protected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	40
St. Lucia Marine ReserveMarine protected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	28
Sodwana Bay State ForestForest reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	5
Coastal Forest ReserveForest reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	3

By province

KwaZulu-Natal: 6 reserves

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Scientific name: Nettapus auritus
GBIF taxon: 2498313
Wikidata: Q386949

More of the Anatidae family

Egyptian Goose Yellow-billed Duck Spur-winged Goose White-faced Whistling Duck African Black Duck Red-billed Teal South African Shelduck Cape Shoveler Cape Teal Southern Pochard Mallard Blue-billed Teal Maccoa Duck White-backed Duck Knob-billed Duck Greylag Goose Fulvous Whistling Duck

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.