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 6 years ago 46 sec 4.4 -
A bird swimming and preening Locality Lake Naivasha, Kenya (ssp undulata)
Peter van Dam 26 August 2006 4 years ago 15 sec 4 -
Two birds, one of them upending to find food Locality Debre Zeit, Ethiopia (ssp rueppelli)
Josep del Hoyo 21 December 2005 5 years ago 23 sec 4 -
Two birds, one of them upending to find food Locality Debre Zeit, Ethiopia (ssp rueppelli)
Josep del Hoyo 21 December 2005 5 years ago 23 sec 4 -
A bird fluffing its plumage and preening. Locality Dinsho, Bale Mountains National Park, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp ruepelli)
Josep del Hoyo 2 December 2005 6 years ago 19 sec 3.9 -
Two birds swimming across a mountain pool Locality Bale Mountains National Park, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp rueppelli)
Keith Blomerley 10 April 2002 4 years ago 20 sec 3.8
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a bird in flight, displaying the speculum
Locality Akaki Wetlands, Ethiopia (ssp rueppelli)
Stefan Helming 6 December 2009 2 years ago 4 -
Adult bird swimming.
Locality Intaka Island Bird Sanctuary, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa (ssp undulata)
Loutjie Steenberg 5 February 2011 1 year ago 3.5 -
Two birds on the ground.
Locality Slimbridge Wildlife & Wetlands Trust, Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, England, Great Britain (ssp undulata)
Josep del Hoyo 17 August 1982 21 weeks ago 3.4 -
Two birds foraging in a river
Locality Henley on Klip, Gauteng Province, South Africa
ossewa 12 July 2008 24 weeks ago 3.4 -
Single bird swimming
Locality Henley on Klip, Gauteng Province, South Africa
ossewa 12 July 2008 24 weeks ago 3.4 -
A bird swimming
Locality Berlin Zoo, Berlin, Germany
Susanne Rintelen 16 April 2010 2 years ago 3.4
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