Cape Teal

Anas capensis - Canard du Cap

Canard du Cap
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Anseriformes

  • Family
    :

    Anatidés

  • Genus
    :

    Anas

  • Species
    :

    capensis

Descriptor

Gmelin, JF, 1789

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 48 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 78 à 82 cm.
  • Weight
    : 316 à 502 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Canard du Cap
adult
Canard du Cap
adult

Cape Teal (Anas capensis) is a species of bird in the Anatidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Canard du Cap,
  • Cerceta de El Cabo,
  • marrequinha-do-cabo,
  • Fahlente,
  • bantu réce,
  • Kaapse Taling,
  • Alzavola del Capo,
  • kapand,
  • Kappand,
  • kačica ružovozobá,
  • čírka popelavá,
  • Kapand,
  • punanokkatavi,
  • Teeleend,
  • xarxet del Cap,
  • Núpönd,
  • cyraneczka płowa,
  • Kāpzemes krīklis,
  • kapska raca,
  • Капский чирок,
  • アカハシコガモ,
  • 绿翅灰斑鸭,
  • 綠翅灰斑鴨,

Voice song and cries

Canard du Cap
adult

Habitat

Canard du Cap
adult

Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Wetlands (inland) : ; Wetlands (inland) : Seasonal/In

termittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha), Permanent Saline, Brackish or alkaline Lakes, Permanent Saline, Brackish or alkaline Lakes, Seasonal/Intermittent Saline, Brackish or alkaline Lakes and Flats ; Marine Neritic : ; Marine Neritic : Estuaries, Estuaries ; Marine Intertidal : Mud Flats and Salt Flats ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Water Storage Areas (over 8ha), Ponds (below 8ha), Wastewater Treatment Areas

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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