African Black Duck
Closely related to mallards ...has
a large Sub-Saharan range.
Anas sparsa
(L 19-22")
Lake Nakuru National Park
31Oct2014
It doesn’t matter if you’re born in a
duck yard, so long as you are hatched
from a swan’s egg!
(Hans Christian Andersen)
© eBird
© Andrew
Spencer
(female calls)
Macaulay
Library
Anas in Latin means duck;
sparsa in Latin means speckled.