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title: "Kaapse taling"
description: "Anas capensis — Vogels. The Cape teal (Anas capensis) also Cape wigeon or Cape widgeon is a 44–46 cm long dabbling duck of open wetlands in sub-Saharan Africa."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/cape-teal
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Kaapse taling

> Anas capensis — Vogels. The Cape teal (Anas capensis) also Cape wigeon or Cape widgeon is a 44–46 cm long dabbling duck of open wetlands in sub-Saharan Africa.

- Scientific name: *Anas capensis*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 2778
- Wikidata: [Q194317](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q194317)
- iNaturalist taxon: [6986](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/6986)

## Names

- en: Cape Teal
- de: Fahlente
- es: Cerceta de El Cabo
- fr: Canard du Cap
- nl: Kaapse taling
- pt: Marrequinha-de-bico-vermelho
- pl: Cyraneczka płowa

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (1857), TZ (355), NA (274), KE (106), BW (30), ZW (9), ET (5), AO (4)

## Summary

The Cape teal (Anas capensis) also Cape wigeon or Cape widgeon is a 44–46 cm long dabbling duck of open wetlands in sub-Saharan Africa.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_teal

## Photo

![Kaapse taling](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/cape-teal/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dave Brown · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/53643990

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/cape-teal?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).