Yellow-billed Duck

Anas undulata C.F.Dubois, 1838 — also called African Yellowbill, African yellow-bill, YBDU. Occurrence records of the Yellow-billed Duck are shared on GBIF from around 257 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all False Bay Nature Reserve (5 496 records), in 9 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernAnatidae

257reserves with records

66 592records around them

9provinces

LCIUCN category

Yellow-billed Duck (Anas undulata) — Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
False Bay Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	5 496
Rietvlei Nature ReserveProtected area	GP Gauteng	4 891
Garden Route National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	3 484
Table Mountain National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	2 015
Tokai ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	1 641
Hottentots-HollandProtected area	WC Western Cape	1 633
Marievale Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	GP Gauteng	1 594
Rondevlei Nature ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	1 558
Roodeplaat Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	1 500
Pilanesberg National ParkGame reserve	NW North West	1 470
Kloofendal Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	1 342
Eugene Marais ParkNature reserve	GP Gauteng	1 195
Kruin ParkNature reserve	GP Gauteng	1 185
Korsman ConservancyPrivate game reserve	GP Gauteng	1 099
Helderberg Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	1 084
Addo Elephant National ParkNational park	EC Eastern Cape	1 056
Knysna National Lake AreaProtected area	WC Western Cape	969
Moreleta Kloof Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	955
Paarl Bird SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary	WC Western Cape	892
Muizenberg CaveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	876
Highveld GardenNature reserve	FS Free State	869
Dick Dent Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	WC Western Cape	831
Groenkloof Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	780
Pledge Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	776
UKhahlamba / Drakensberg ParkProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	716
Grysbok ParkNature reserve	WC Western Cape	660
East London Coast Nature ReserveProtected area	EC Eastern Cape	633
Rietfontein Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	606
Free State National Botanical GardenBotanical garden	FS Free State	595
St. James SpringNature reserve	WC Western Cape	583
Nyati ConcessionProtected area	EC Eastern Cape	573
Seal IslandNature reserve	WC Western Cape	568
Naval Hill Nature ReserveNature reserve	FS Free State	514
Sneeuwberg Protected EnvironmentProtected area	FS Free State	479
Macassar Dunes Conservation AreaProtected area	WC Western Cape	461
Austin Roberts Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	GP Gauteng	453
Betty's Bay Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	446
Saint Lucia ParkNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	437
Limietberg Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	428
Stony Point Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	425
Stony Point Penguin ColonyNature reserve	WC Western Cape	425
Steenbok Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	403
Vredenheim Big Cats ParkWildlife sanctuary	WC Western Cape	403
Raapenberg Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	WC Western Cape	393
Albert Falls Game ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	392
Golden Gate Highlands National ParkNational park	FS Free State	380
Mountain Zebra National ParkNational park	EC Eastern Cape	377
Silvermine Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	376
Borakalalo Game ReserveGame reserve	GP Gauteng	374
Bontebok National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	360
De Hoop Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	341
Elephant Sanctuary HartbeespoortWildlife sanctuary	NW North West	312
Monkey SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary	NW North West	312
Midmar Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	302
Howick Umngeni River ConservancyPrivate game reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	297
Fernkloof Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	291
Zeekoevlei Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	283
Trafalgar Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	272
Karkloof Conservation CentreWildlife sanctuary	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	269
Pilanesberg Private LodgeNature reserve	NW North West	265

and 197 more reserves with fewer records.

By province

Western Cape: 99 reserves
Eastern Cape: 40 reserves
Gauteng: 36 reserves
KwaZulu-Natal: 36 reserves
Free State: 17 reserves
North West: 13 reserves
Mpumalanga: 11 reserves
Northern Cape: 3 reserves
Limpopo: 2 reserves

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Scientific name: Anas undulata
GBIF taxon: 2498156
Wikidata: Q535206

More of the Anatidae family

Egyptian Goose 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 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.