|
Waterfowl
South Africa
|
Breeding
periods of the various species in South Africa, Number and description of
eggs and
Incubation Period. |
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help of Francois du Plessis from Harrismith, we have developed a
separate page
for ring sizes.
| Perching Ducks |
Whistling-Ducks and White-Backed Duck |
Swans
|
Dabling
Ducks |
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| Specie
|
Description of Eggs
|
Incubation Period
|
Breeding Time in
SA
|
|
White-winged Wood Duck
|
6-15 greenish-yellow
|
33-35 days
|
October till April
|
| Muscovy Duck
|
8-15 creamy-white
|
35 days
|
Sept till April
|
| Hartlaub's Duck
|
7-12 creamy-white
|
30-32 days
|
November and February
|
| American Wood Duck
|
9-15 dull white to brownish-white
|
25-31 days
|
September till February
|
| Mandarin Duck
|
9-15 pure white oval
|
28-30 days
|
September till
February
|
| Maned Duck
|
8-12 cream to creamy-white
|
28 days
|
September till April
|
| African Pygmy-goose
|
5-9 (up to 12) ivory-white
|
23-26 days
|
January till
March
|
| Cotton Pygmy-goose
|
6-10 creamy, ivory or pearly-white
|
21-24 days
|
January
till February
|
| Green Pygmy-goose
|
8-12 white to creamy-white
|
25 - 26 days
|
?
|
| Brazilian Duck
|
6-8 yellow-tinged white
|
23-24 days
|
November till April
|
|
Whistling-Ducks and White-Backed Duck |
| Specie |
Description of Eggs |
Incubation Period |
Breeding Time in
SA |
|
White-faced Whistling Duck
|
4-16 smooth creamy-white
|
26-28 days
|
November till March
|
| Black-bellied Whistling Duck
|
12-16 buffy-white
|
26-31 days
|
October till
March
|
| Spotted Whistling-Duck
|
Up to 16 white
|
28-31 days
|
October till March
|
| West Indian Whistling-Duck |
8-12 milky-white
|
30 days
|
?
|
| Cuban WH Duck
|
?
|
?
|
November till March
|
| Fulvous Whistling-Duck
|
9-15 cream to buff-white
|
24-28 days
|
October till
MArch
|
| Plumed Whistling-Duck
|
8-14 milky-white
|
28-30 days
|
December and March
|
| Wandering Whistling-Duck
|
6-15 creamy-white
|
28-30 days
|
September till
April
|
| Lesser (Javan) Whistling-Duck
|
8-12 white
|
26-30 days
|
November till March
|
| White-backed Duck
|
4-10 coffee-brown to chocolate-brown
|
28 days
|
October till
March
|
| Specie
|
Description of Eggs |
Incubation Period
|
Breeding Time in
SA
|
|
Coscoroba Swan |
3-9 dull white |
33-35 days |
Oct - Sept and Dec - Febr |
| Black Swan |
4-8 slightly glossy pale- green or dull whitish-green eggs |
36 - 40 days |
Aug-Dec and March - June, even throughout the year |
| Black-necked Swan |
4-6 cream-coloured |
36 days |
July - Oct, Dec and May |
| Mute Swan |
1-11 dull gray, greenish-white or pale blue- green
|
35-38 days |
October - November |
| Trumpeter Swan |
4-9 dull creamy-white |
30 days |
November till December |
| Whooper Swan |
4-9 creamy-white or
yellow-tinged
|
33-35 days |
? |
| Whistling (Tundra) Swan |
2-7 creamy or dull white |
30-40 days |
December -
January |
| Bewick's (Tundra) Swan |
4-6 creamy- white or
slightly yellowish |
29-30
days
|
? |
| Specie
|
Description of Eggs |
Incubation Period
|
Breeding Time in
SA
|
|
Ringed Teal |
6-12 white |
26-28 days |
Oct; March - Nov |
| Crested Duck |
5-9 cream-coloured |
30 days |
Sept-Oct |
| Spectacled (Bronze-Winged) Duck |
4-6 deep-cream |
30 days |
Nov |
| Cape Teal |
6-11(mean 7-8) pale to deep-cream-coloured |
25-30 days (Mean 26) |
May-Sept; Dec-Febr |
| Gadwall
|
5-15 (mean 8-10) dull cream-white to pale pinkish-white blunt, oval
|
24-28 days
|
Nov-Dec
|
| Falcated Duck
|
6-9 cream-white or yellowish
|
24-26 days
|
Jan-Febr
|
| Chiloé Wigeon
|
5-8 white or pale-buff
|
24-26 days
|
Oct-Febr
|
| Eurasian Wigeon
|
6-16 (mean 8-9) cream-white or pale buff oval
|
24-25 days
|
Jan
|
| American Wigeon |
6-12 (mean 7-9) creamy-white
|
Mean 25 days
|
Jan
|
| Mallard
|
8-13 light gray-green, buff, white or bluish 8-13 light gray-green, buff, white or bluish
blunt, oval
|
26-30 days
|
Sept-Dec
|
| American Black Duck
|
7-12 cream-white to green-buff
|
26-29 days
|
Sept-Oct
|
| Mottled Duck
|
6-12 glossy creamy-white to greenish-white
|
26-28 days
|
Sept-
Oct
|
| Hawaiian Duck
|
6-13 (mean 8-10) greenish-white
|
26-28 days
|
Nov-Febr
|
| Laysan Duck
|
4-8 greenish-white
|
26 days
|
Oct-Febr
|
| Philippine Duck
|
8-14 (mean 10) pale-green
|
25-28 days
|
Oct-Nov
|
|
Pacific Black (Gray) Duck
|
8-13 pale-cream or greenish-cream
|
26-32 days
|
Nov-Dec
|
| Spot-billed Duck
|
6-14, white, grayish or greenish
|
28 days
|
Oct-March
|
| Yellow-billed Duck
|
4-10 (mean 6-8) pale creamy-yellow or buff
|
26-29 days
|
Hole year
|
| Meller's Duck
|
5-13 dull white
|
26-28 days
|
Nov-Dec; Febr
|
| African Black Duck
|
4-9 light-cream to buff-coloured
|
28-30 days
|
Jul-Sept
|
| Cape Shoveler
|
5-19 (mean 9) green-tinged cream
|
27-28 days
|
Sept-Jul
|
| Blue-winged Teal
|
8-13 olive-white to creamy-white
|
21-27 (mean 23-24)
|
Nov-Jan
|
| Australasian Shoveler
|
9-11 creamy-white eggs, sometimes faintly tinged blue-green |
24-26 days
|
Nov-Dec
|
| Cinnamon Teal
|
9-12 buff-pinkish or pure white
|
21-25 days
|
Nov-Jan
|
| Grey Teal
|
7-9 cream or light creamy-white
|
24-26 days
|
Dec-Febr
|
| Northern Shoveler
|
9-11 pale olive-buff to green-gray oval
|
22-28 days (mean 25)
|
Dec-Jan
|
| Madagascar (Bernier's) Teal
|
2-10 cream-coloured
|
? |
? |
|
Red Shoveler
|
5-8 creamy
|
25 days
|
Oct-Dec
|
| Chestnut Teal
|
8-12 rich light-cream
|
23-28 (mean 26)
|
Jul -April
|
| Auckland Islands Flightless Teal
|
3-4 cream to light-tan
|
30 days
|
Undetermind
|
| New Zealand Brown Teal
|
4-8 (mean 5-6) cream-brown or cream-tan
|
27-30 days
|
Nov-Dec; Febr
|
| Andaman Teal
|
Up to 10 cream-coloured
|
24-26 days
|
Undetermind
|
| Yellow-billed Pintail
|
4-12 cream- coloured or pale- pinkish eggs
|
24-26 days
|
Oct-Dec
|
|
Northern Pintail
|
6-10 greenish oval
|
21-26 days
|
Oct-Jan
|
| Eaton's Pintail
|
3-5 pale olive-green, olive-buff or cream
|
26 days (captive)
|
Oct-Nov
|
| Campbell Island Flightless Teal
|
3-4 cream
|
30-31 days
|
Dec-Jan
|
| White-cheeked (Bahama) Pintail
|
5-12 buff
|
25 days
|
Oct-March
|
| Hottentot Teal
|
6-9 light-brown, cream or yellow-buff
|
24-27 days
|
March-April; Dec
|
| Red-billed Pintail
|
5-12 (mean 10) buff or cream-coloured
|
25-28 days
|
Okt-March
|
|
Puna Teal
|
5-7 pale creamy-white or pale-pinkish
|
25-27 days
|
March-Aug
|
| Silver (Versicolour) Teal
|
7-10 creamy-pink to pale-brown
|
25-27 days
|
Dec-Febr
|
| Baikal Teal
|
6-9 pale-greenish
|
24-25 days
|
Jan-Febr
|
| Speckled Teal
|
5-8 reddish-cream
eggs
|
24-26 days
|
Dec-March
|
| Garganey
|
8-11 light-brown or pale straw-
coloured oval
|
21-25 days
|
Dec-Jan
|
| Green-winged (Common) Teal
|
8-11 dull yellowish-white,cream, olive-buff, blunt oval or pale
|
21-23
days
|
Oct-Nov
|
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