Family

Anatidae

Description

Male; elegant small duck with bottle-green head, rich-chestnut body, white flank-mark, black stern. Bill dark blue-grey, legs grey-green. Eclipse plumage much duller. Female and Immature: like Grey Teal, but darker and more ochre with heavier mottlings; throat more buff.

Habits

Nocturnal Crepuscular,

Habitat

Coastal Wetlands, Brackish and fresh coastal swamps; saltmarshes; tidal mudflats; inlets; islands.

Notes

Photo of male

Breeding

June to December, 9 to 13; cream, glossy surface (unless nest stained).

Diet

Omnivore, Aquatic plants, animal life.

Details

Common Name: Chestnut Teal Scientific Name: Anas castanea
Sub Order: Unavailable Order: Anseriformes
Class: Aves Category: Endemic
Status: Not Evaluated (in the NT) Size: 380 - 455 mm.

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