Waterbirds
Least Concern
Quick Facts
Mass1.76 kg
Facts sourced from Wikidata (CC0).
The South African shelduck or Cape shelduck is a species of shelduck, a group of large goose-like birds in the bird family Anatidae, which includes the swans, geese and ducks. This is a common species native to southern Africa.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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