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| SCIENTIFIC
CLASSIFICATION |
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| COMMON
NAME: |
African
pygmy goose |
| KINGDOM: |
Animalia |
| PHYLUM: |
Chordata |
| CLASS: |
Aves |
| ORDER: |
Anseriformes |
| FAMILY: |
Anatidae
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| GENUS
SPECIES: |
Nettapus
auritus |
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| DESCRIPTION: |
This
is a small species of goose with a white face, green
ear patches and metallic green on the back. |
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| SIZE: |
About
75 cm (30 in.) |
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| WEIGHT: |
Approximately
285 g (0.875 oz.) |
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| DIET: |
Feeds
on seeds and other plant parts and water lilies |
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| INCUBATION: |
Approximately 23 days |
| CLUTCH
SIZE |
6-12
eggs |
| FLEDGING
DURATION |
Approximately
50 days |
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| SEXUAL
MATURITY: |
About
2 years |
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| RANGE: |
Sub-Saharan
Africa (Cape North to Ethiopia) and Madagascar |
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| HABITAT: |
Found
in ponds, sluggish rivers and bays |
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| POPULATION: |
GLOBAL |
Unknown |
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| STATUS: |
IUCN |
Not
listed |
| CITES |
Appendex
III |
| USFWS |
Not
listed |
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| 1. |
Unlike
many waterfowl, this goose can perch on tree branches
and nest in high places. |
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| These
birds were fairly common in the 1970s, but are now
only found in isolated patches due to habitat destruction. |
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| Scott,
P. A Colored Key of the Wildfowl of the World.
Slimbridge, England. The Wildfowl Trust. 1988. |
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Todd, F.S. Natural History of Waterfowl.
San Diego, Ca. Ibis Publishing Co., 1996. |
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