Blue-billed Teal

Spatula hottentota - Sarcelle hottentote

Sarcelle hottentote
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Anseriformes

  • Family
    :

    Anatidés

  • Genus
    :

    Spatula

  • Species
    :

    hottentota

Descriptor

Eyton, 1838

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 36 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 58 à 69 cm.
  • Weight
    : 243 à 282 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Sarcelle hottentote
adult
Sarcelle hottentote
adult

Blue-billed Teal (Spatula hottentota) is a species of bird in the Anatidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Sarcelle hottentote,
  • Cerceta hotentote,
  • marrequinha-de-bico-azul,
  • Pünktchenente,
  • hottentotta réce,
  • Gouden Taling,
  • Alzavola ottentotta,
  • sumpand,
  • Sumpand,
  • kačica bodkovaná,
  • čírka tečkovaná,
  • Hottentotand,
  • pikkutavi,
  • Gevlekte Eend,
  • xarxet hotentot,
  • srebrzanka hotentocka,
  • Пятнистый чирок,
  • アフリカコガモ,
  • 南非鸭,
  • 南非鴨,

Voice song and call

Sarcelle hottentote
adult

Habitat

Sarcelle hottentote
adult

Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha) ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Water Storage Areas (over 8ha), Wastewater Treatment Areas, Irrigated Land (includes irrigation channels)

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

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