Ducks, Geese and Swans (Anatidae)

Red-billed Duck (Anas erythrorhyncha) - HBW 1, p. 611

French: Canard à bec rouge German: Rotschnabelente Spanish: Anade Piquirrojo
Other common names: Red-billed Pintail/Teal, African Red-billed Teal

Taxonomy: Anas erythrorhyncha Gmelin, 1789, Cape of Good Hope.
Considered by some to form superspecies with A. bahamensis, with which sometimes partitioned off in genus Poecilonetta. Monotypic.

Distribution: S Sudan and Ethiopia S to Cape Province and W to Angola; Madagascar.