#1138 · 🐦 birds

Yellow-billed Teal

🇳🇱 Chileense Taling ·Anas flavirostris

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Gonzalo González Mora · CC BY 4.0
2. © Pablo Demaio · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © RAP · CC BY 4.0
4. © Pablo Edgardo Lucconi Grisolia · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Gonzalo Diaz · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Martin Arregui · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © José Luis Ianiro · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Gustavo Fernando Durán · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
9. © Diego Carús · CC0
10. © Julián Rolando Tocce · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The yellow-billed teal ( Anas flavirostris ) is a South American species of duck. Like other teals, it belongs to the diverse genus Anas ; more precisely it is one of the "true" teals of subgenus Nettion . It occurs in Argentina, the Falkland Islands, Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Uruguay, and Brazil. It has also established itself in South Georgia, where it was first recorded breeding in 1971. It inhabits freshwater wetlands, preferring palustrine habitat to rivers. Considering its wide range...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 9,965iNaturalist observations
weight 39 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
9,965 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 39 g.
Scientifically named by Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1816 (210 years ago).