Introduction
Anas penelope is a fresh water, brackish water and salt water Bird.
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Who is it?
Morphology
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Size45 - 51 cm
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Size45 - 51 cm
How to recognize This Bird ?
Anas penelope measures between 45 and 51 cm. This Bird is multicolore with a predominantly noir, marron, blanc and gris body.
Behaviour & Life cycle
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dietomnivorous with herbivorous tendency
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Sociabilitygregarious
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territorialNo
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Way of livingdiurnal
Anas penelope is a Bird gregarious naturally found Terre. This species is omnivorous with herbivorous tendency .
Although Anas penelope is non-territorial, it is sometimes aggressive towards other species.
Reproduction
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Reproductionovipare
Anas penelope is a Bird ovipare.
Harmless species
This species does not represent any particular threats to humans when encountered in its natural environment.
Origin and distribution
Conservation status of populations (IUCN)
What is its habitat?
Natural environment characteristics
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Temperature-20 - 40 °C
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Depth0 - 1600 m
Biotope presentation
Anas penelope is most often found at a depth between 0m and 1600m. However, it is not impossible to find this species at other depths.
To go further
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Scientific partners
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