Anatidae

Thalassornis leuconotus Photo by Dave Appleton (Flickr) Common name: white-backed duck (en); pato-de-dordo-branco (pt); dendrocygne à dos blanc (fr); ganso de nuca blanca (es); weißrücken-pfeifgans (de) Taxonomy: Order Anseriformes Family Anatidae Range: This species is found throughout sub-Saharan Africa, only being absent from the equatorial rainforests and desert regions. Size: The white-backed duck is 43-45…

Anas acuta Common name: northern pintail (en); arrabio (pt); canard pilet (fr); pato rabudo (es); spießente (de) Taxonomy: Order Anseriformes Family Anatidae Range: This cosmopolitan species breeds from Alaska and the central Canadian Arctic across Greenland, Iceland and Scandinavia to Kamchatka, in Russia, and south to the western and central United States, the United Kingdom,…