African Pygmy Goose

African Pygmy Goose
A pair in Ethiopia (female in foreground)
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Genus: Nettapus
Species: N. auritus
Binomial name
Nettapus auritus
(Boddaert, 1783)

The African Pygmy Goose (Nettapus auritus) is a very small perching duck from sub-Saharan Africa. It is the smallest African waterfowl. It is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.


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