By Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE (Cape Teal (Anas capensis)) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Cape Teal Anas capensis
Status.
Category E
Native Range
Africa. Southern Africa and also parts of Ethiopia/Kenya and Niger .
Conservation Status
Least Concern
British Occurrence
NBN atlas has 89 records as at end 2024. Map Here.
Another of the many species of duck from around the world that can survive the British climate and can escape from their intended confines.
There have been several records for the Western Palearctic including 1 on Malta in March 2018 that may have been a wild bird
