Basically the African Mallard. Another super sharp shot with my new Canon f/2.8 70-200mm lens.
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Photo Properties
Make
Canon
Model
Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi
Aperture Value
f/5
Color Space
sRGB
Exposure Bias Value
0 EV
Exposure Program
Program
Flash
No Flash
Focal Length
115 mm
ISO
400
Metering Mode
Multi-Segment
Shutter Speed Value
1/400 sec
Date/Time
Tue 13 Nov 2007 12:43:17 AM EST
English Yellow-billed Duck
Scientific (Anas undulata)
Order ANSERIFORMES
Family (Latin) Anatidae
Family (English) Ducks, Geese, Swans
Other name(s) Canard à bec jaune
Breeding Regions AF
Breeding Range Subregions ec, sc, s
Nonbreeding Range Subregions
Countries (BETA)map Angola,Botswana,Burundi,Cameroon,Congo,Democratic Republic of Congo,Djibouti,Eritrea,Ethiopia,Kenya, Lesotho,Malawi,Mali,Mozambique,Namibia,Nigeria,Rwanda,Somalia,South Africa,South Sudan, Sudan,Swaziland,Tanzania,Uganda,Zambia,Zimbabwe,
IOC 13.1 Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range
ruppelli e Sudan, Ethiopia and n Kenya
undulata s Kenya to Angola and w South Africa
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet )
Described by Dubois, CF, 1838
German Gelbschnabelente
French Canard à bec jaune
Chinese 非洲黄嘴鸭
Japanese キバシガモ
Russian Желтоносая кряква
Spanish Ánade picolimón
Portuguese pato-de-bico-amarelo
Bird Data App text
Show Breeding Range Codes and IUCN Status Codes
Breeding Range Codes
AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN Antarctica
AO Atlantic Ocean
AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
EU Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO Indian Ocean
LA Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO Northern oceans
OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
PO Pacific Ocean
SA South America
SO Southern oceans
TO Temperate oceans
TrO Tropical oceans
Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes
EX Extinct
EW Extinct in the wild
CR Critically Endangered
EN Endangered
VU Vulnerable
NT Near Threatened
LC Least Concern
DD Data deficient
NE Not evaluated
PE Probably extinct (informal)
PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)