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Anseriformes / Anatidae / Anas

African Black Duck

Anas sparsa

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (afbduc1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Genus: Anas

Subspecies (2)

Anas sparsa leucostigma

mostly rivers and streams of western equatorial Africa; disjunctly Ethiopia and Sudan to Zimbabwe
Anas sparsa sparsa

mostly rivers and streams of southern Africa (south of Zimbabwe)

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (afbduc1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.