Ducks, Geese and Swans (Anatidae)
Yellow-billed Duck (Anas undulata) - HBW 1, p. 606
French: Canard à bec jaune
German: Gelbschnabelente
Spanish: Anade Picolimón
Other common names: Yellowbill, African Yellow-billed Duck
Taxonomy: Anas undulata Dubois, 1839, Cape of Good Hope.
Forms superspecies with A. platyrhynchos, A. rubripes and A. melleri. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- rueppelli Blyth, 1855 - S Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, N Kenya.
- undulata Dubois, 1839 - Kenya SW to Angola and southwards to Cape Province.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Two birds in a marsh. Locality Debre Libanos, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp rueppelli)
Josep del Hoyo 24 November 2005 7 years ago 46 sec 4.4 -
Two birds, one of them upending to find food Locality Debre Zeit, Ethiopia (ssp rueppelli)
Josep del Hoyo 21 December 2005 6 years ago 23 sec 4.3 -
A bird entering in a marsh and swimming. Locality Dinsho, Bale Mountains National Park, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp ruepelli)
Josep del Hoyo 2 December 2005 7 years ago 31 sec 4.2 -
Two birds swimming across a mountain pool Locality Bale Mountains National Park, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp rueppelli)
Keith Blomerley 10 April 2002 5 years ago 20 sec 3.9 -
A male feeding on flooded vegetation Locality Knysna, Western Cape Province, South Africa (ssp undulata)
Greg Baker 3 October 2002 32 weeks ago 10 sec 3.5 -
A bird swimming and preening Locality Lake Naivasha, Kenya (ssp undulata)
Peter van Dam 26 August 2006 5 years ago 15 sec 3.5
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a resting bird
Locality Mabamba Wetland, Uganda
Krzysztof Blachowiak 5 March 2011 34 weeks ago 4.2 -
Bird in flight
Locality Polokwane (Pietersburg), Limpopo Province, South Africa
jmdebruyn 12 January 2013 15 weeks ago 4 -
in a mixed flock with blue-winged geese
Locality Dinsho, Bale Mountains National Park, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp rueppelli)
Marco Valentini 31 December 2012 16 weeks ago 3.8 -
a bird in flight, displaying the speculum
Locality Akaki Wetlands, Ethiopia (ssp rueppelli)
Stefan Helming 6 December 2009 3 years ago 3.8 -
Adult drake standing in a roadside ditch
Locality Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa
John Pratt 15 October 2005 18 weeks ago 3.7 -
A flock in flight
Locality Wakkerstroom, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Luis Mario Arce 14 August 2010 7 weeks ago 3.5
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