African Pygmy-Goose
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African Pygmy-Goose

Nettapus auritus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Virunga National Park
3 Verified records at Virunga National Park
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The African pygmy goose (Nettapus auritus) is a perching duck from sub-Saharan Africa. It is the smallest of Africa's waterfowl, and one of the smallest in the world. Though pygmy geese have beaks like those of geese, they are more related to the dabbling ducks and other species called 'ducks'. It is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Virunga National Park

Egyptian Goose
LC

Egyptian Goose

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Alopochen aegyptiaca

10–20% · With luck
Yellow-billed Duck
LC

Yellow-billed Duck

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Anas undulata

10–20% · With luck
Muscovy Duck
LC

Muscovy Duck

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Cairina moschata

Insufficient data
Hottentot Teal
LC

Hottentot Teal

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Spatula hottentota

<5% · Rare
African Black Duck
LC

African Black Duck

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Anas sparsa

<5% · Rare
White-faced Whistling Duck
LC

White-faced Whistling Duck

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Dendrocygna viduata

<5% · Rare
Spur-winged Goose
LC

Spur-winged Goose

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Plectropterus gambensis

<5% · Rare
Comb Duck
LC

Comb Duck

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Sarkidiornis melanotos

<5% · Rare
White-backed Duck
LC Endemic

White-backed Duck

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Thalassornis leuconotus

<5% · Rare
Red-billed Teal
LC

Red-billed Teal

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Anas erythrorhyncha

<5% · Rare
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
LC

Fulvous Whistling-Duck

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Dendrocygna bicolor

Insufficient data
Hartlaub's Duck
LC

Hartlaub's Duck

Bird

Pteronetta hartlaubii

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of African Pygmy-Goose at Virunga National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 iSimangaliso Wetland Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
30–40%
2 Moremi Game Reserve 🇧🇼 Botswana
10–20%
3 Chobe National Park 🇧🇼 Botswana
5–10%
4 Hwange National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
<5%
5 Kafue National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
<5%
6 Murchison Falls National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%
7 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
8 Gonarezhou National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
Insufficient data
9 Pilanesberg National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data
10 Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data
11 Taï National Park 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
Insufficient data
12 Ruaha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
13 Kidepo Valley National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
Insufficient data
14 Lower Zambezi National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
Insufficient data
15 South Luangwa National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
Insufficient data
16 Mana Pools National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
Insufficient data
17 Akagera National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
Insufficient data
18 Lake Mburo National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
Insufficient data
19 Kibale National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
Insufficient data
20 Tarangire National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
21 Volcanoes National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
Insufficient data
22 Amboseli National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
Insufficient data
23 Queen Elizabeth National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
Insufficient data
24 Virunga National Park 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo
Insufficient data
25 Bwindi Impenetrable National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
Insufficient data
26 Masai Mara National Reserve 🇰🇪 Kenya
Insufficient data
27 Serengeti National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
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