Hartlaub's Duck has a cinnamon-red body with pale blue on the wings. The male has a white spot at the tip of the bill, and the species uses rivers, lakes, and streams in western and central equatorial Africa.
The body is cinnamon-red and the wings have pale blue coverts. Males have a white spot at the bill tip that females lack.
It uses rivers, lakes, and streams in equatorial western and central Africa. It feeds mainly at night and may move to larger water during molt.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.