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Chestnut Teal vs Indian Spot-billed Duck

Chestnut Teal (Anas castanea)

Chestnut Teal

Anas castanea

Large624 gWetland

The chestnut teal is darker and a slightly bigger bird than the grey teal. The male has a distinctive green coloured head and mottled brown body. The female has a brown head and mottled brown body. The female is almost identical in appearance to the grey teal. The female chestnut teal has a loud penetrating "laughing" quack repeated rapidly nine times or more.

ID text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Photo: Ron Knight from Seaford, East Sussex, United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0
Indian Spot-billed Duck (Anas poecilorhyncha)

Indian Spot-billed Duck

Anas poecilorhyncha

Large1000 gWetland

This duck is around the same size as a mallard and has a scaly patterned body with a green speculum bordered by white. At rest the white stripe stands out and the long neck and the bill with yellow tip and orange red spots at the base are distinctive in the nominate subspecies. In flight it is distinguished by the green speculum with a broad white band at the base. The red spots at the base of the bills are absent in haringtoni. It measures 55–63 cm (22–25 in) in length and 83–95 cm (33–37 in) across the wings, with a body mass of 790–1,500 g (1.74–3.31 lb).

ID text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Recording: Sharad Apte · CC BY-SA 3.0
Photo: Dominic Best · CC0

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