Hun © Holger Teichmann
Han © Charley Hesse TROPICAL BIRDING
Han og hun © Simon Best
Han © Niall D Perrins

Sydafrikansk Gravand Tadorna cana

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Identification

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A mostly rusty-colored waterfowl. Male has a gray neck and head; female similar with a whitish face. Resident and nomadic throughout its range, preferring estuaries, rivers, and impoundments within arid zones. Gives a honk call. Egyptian Goose is similar, but larger, with a brown blotch in the middle of the chest and a different head pattern that includes a tawny eye surrounded by an expanded rusty eye-ring. Egyptian Goose honk is higher and harsher than this species.

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