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title: "Pato-orelhudo"
description: "Nettapus auritus — Aves. The African pygmy goose (Nettapus auritus) is a perching duck from sub-Saharan Africa."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/african-pygmy-goose
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Pato-orelhudo

> Nettapus auritus — Aves. The African pygmy goose  (Nettapus auritus) is a perching duck from sub-Saharan Africa.

- Scientific name: *Nettapus auritus*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lagos e rios)
- iNaturalist observations: 929
- Wikidata: [Q386949](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q386949)
- iNaturalist taxon: [7127](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/7127)

## Names

- en: African Pygmy-Goose
- de: Schmuckzwergente
- es: Gansito africano
- fr: Anserelle naine
- nl: Afrikaanse dwergeend
- pt: Pato-orelhudo
- pl: Kaczuszka afrykańska

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (275), BW (119), ET (57), NA (34), ZM (32), MZ (24), GM (23), NG (19), GA (18), GH (17), ZW (15), SN (12)

## Summary

The African pygmy goose  (Nettapus auritus) is a perching duck from sub-Saharan Africa. It is the smallest of Africa's waterfowl, and one of the smallest in the world.
Though pygmy geese have beaks like those of geese, they are more related to the dabbling ducks and other species called 'ducks'.
It is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.

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

## Photo

![Pato-orelhudo](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/african-pygmy-goose/medium.jpg)

Photo: Don Wellmann · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144094362

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/african-pygmy-goose?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).