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 cries

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

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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published: - Updated: 17-08-2006
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