A diving duck of sub-Saharan African waters with aquatic plants. It gathers seeds of aquatic plants from muddy bottoms by diving.
A small diving duck with rufous and dark-brown barring. Its bill is black, with a distinctive pale spot at the base.
It dives to collect seeds of aquatic plants from the muddy bottom. Aquatic plant seeds make up almost all of its diet.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.