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WetlandPlatform nestLarge · 559 g
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The red-billed teal is 43–48 cm (17–19 in) long and has a blackish cap and nape, contrasting pale face, and bright red bill. The body plumage is a dull dark brown scalloped with white. Flight reveals that the secondary flight feathers are buff with a black stripe across them. The sexes are similar, but juveniles are duller than adults. This is a quiet species, but the displaying male has a whzzt call, whereas the female has a soft mallard-like quack. The red-billed teal is a bird of freshwater habitats in fairly open country and is an omnivore.
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When to see the Red-billed Teal
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Red-billed Teal
The map shades 18 countries with regular records, and 2 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Red-billed Teal
The red-billed teal or red-billed duck is a dabbling duck which is an abundant resident breeder in southern and eastern Africa. typically south of 10° S. This duck is not migratory, but flies great distances to find suitable waters. It is highly gregarious outside the breeding season and forms large flocks.
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Easily confused with
White-cheeked PintailAnas bahamensisLike many southern ducks, the sexes are similar, though females are slightly smaller and duller in plumage.
Mexican DuckAnas diaziThe bird has a length of 45–55 cm (17.7–21.6 in) and a weight of 849–1,243 g (1.872–2.740 lb)
The Mexican duck is mainly brown, with a blue speculum edged with white, obvious in flight or at rest.
Yellow-billed PintailAnas georgicaThe yellow-billed pintail has a brown head and neck.
Side by side: Red-billed Teal vs Yellow-billed Pintail · Mexican Duck vs Red-billed Teal · Red-billed Teal vs White-cheeked Pintail
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