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==Description==
The African pygmy goose is one of the smallest of the perching [[duck]]s, and it has the average weight of about {{convert|285|g}} for males and {{convert|260|g}} for females and wingspans between {{convert|142| mm}} and {{convert|165|mm}}.<ref name=Kear2005>{{cite book | title=Ducks, Geese and Swans: Species accounts (Cairina to Mergus) [Volume 2 of Ducks, Geese and Swans: Species accounts]|first1=Janet|last1=Kear|publisher= Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |year=2005 |page=908 |isbn=9780198610090|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D2K-9k-_EFcC
They have a short bill which extends up the forehead so they superficially resemble [[geese]].<br>
The males have a white face with black eye patches. The [[iridescent]] black crown extends down the back of the neck. This structure fringes powder green ear patches. The upper half of the fore neck is white and forms an open collar around the neck whereas the base if the neck and breast are light chestnut colored. The flanks are more intensely chestnut colored and the back is [[Metallic color|metallic]] green. The sixteen tail feathers are black. The wing feathers are black with metallic green iridescence on the coverts, with the exemption of a white bar on the distal secondaries. The belly is white. The bill is yellow with a black tip and the feet are dark-gray to black. The iris of there is reddish brown.<ref name=Kear2005 /><br>
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