White-backed Duck

Thalassornis leuconotus Eyton, 1838 — also called WBDU. Occurrence records of the White-backed Duck are shared on GBIF from around 10 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Saint Lucia Park (736 records), in 3 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernAnatidae

10reserves with records

1 093records around them

3provinces

LCIUCN category

White-backed Duck (Thalassornis leuconotus) — Photo: Dominic Sherony · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Saint Lucia ParkNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	736
Elephant Sanctuary Plettenberg Bay 🐘Wildlife sanctuary	WC Western Cape	102
Blaauwberg Conservation AreaNature reserve	WC Western Cape	69
Karkloof Conservation CentreWildlife sanctuary	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	66
Himeville Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	39
Platbos Forest ReserveForest reserve	WC Western Cape	27
Kosi BayNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	23
SANP Garden Of EdenNature reserve	WC Western Cape	21
Sodwana Bay State ForestForest reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	5
Randfontein Bird SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary	GP Gauteng	5

By province

KwaZulu-Natal: 5 reserves
Western Cape: 4 reserves
Gauteng: 1 reserve

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Scientific name: Thalassornis leuconotus
GBIF taxon: 2498229
Wikidata: Q529857

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 African Pygmy Goose 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.