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Anas capensis
Family: AnatidaeGenus: Anasnative in Germany
native in Germany
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Plants
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Interactions
documented
About this species
Anas capensis is an omnivorous waterfowl introduced to Great Britain, where it has become established.
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Prey / FoodPlant food
Yearly cycle
Breeds once a year, with a clutch of 8 eggs. Incubation lasts 24 days and chicks fledge at 56 days.
Merkmale
Körper
Wingspan
19.32 cm
Weight
403.333333 g
Fortpflanzung
Wurfgröße / Gelege
8, 1× pro Jahr
Bebrütungsdauer
24 Tage
Ausflugalter
56 Tage
Ernährung & Verhalten
40% Wirbellose40% vertebrates_ecto10% Samen10% Pflanzen
Scientific profile
Anas capensis has an adult body mass around 403 g and a wingspan of 19.3 cm. Its diet is omnivorous, dominated by invertebrates and ectothermic vertebrates with smaller amounts of seeds and other plant material. In Great Britain, it is an introduced species with an established population. Breeding takes place once a year, with a typical clutch of 8 eggs; incubation lasts 24 days and the chicks fledge after about 56 days.
Visited plants
1 plants are visited by this species
Stuckenia pectinata
Sources & data origin
•Interaktionsdaten via GloBI (CC-BY 4.0)
•Neff et al. (2025) — Swiss Moth Traits, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14506883 (CC BY)
•GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — GBIF Secretariat (2024), DOI: 10.15468/39omei (CC BY 4.0)
•GBIF — Occurrence data via GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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