birds · order Anseriformes

Anatidae in the reserves

18 species of the Anatidae family are recorded around 466 parks and reserves in the directory. The most widely recorded is the Egyptian Goose, near 431 reserves.

Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca431 reserves

Yellow-billed DuckAnas undulata257 reserves

Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis167 reserves

White-faced Whistling DuckDendrocygna viduata83 reserves

African Black DuckAnas sparsa79 reserves

Red-billed TealAnas erythrorhyncha76 reserves

South African ShelduckTadorna cana74 reserves

Cape ShovelerSpatula smithii72 reserves

Cape TealAnas capensis54 reserves

Southern PochardNetta erythrophthalma17 reserves

MallardAnas platyrhynchos14 reserves

Blue-billed TealSpatula hottentota11 reserves

Maccoa DuckOxyura maccoa11 reserves · Endangered

White-backed DuckThalassornis leuconotus10 reserves

African Pygmy GooseNettapus auritus6 reserves

Knob-billed DuckSarkidiornis melanotos5 reserves

Greylag GooseAnser anser4 reserves

Fulvous Whistling DuckDendrocygna bicolor4 reserves

GBIF.org occurrence records; taxonomy from the GBIF backbone; photos from Wikimedia Commons (authors on the photo credits page).