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Forms superspecies with Common Teal (Anas crecca). The two northern subspecies sometimes separated as one full species (Anas andium).

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

• altipetens (Conover, 1941)   -  Eastern Andes of Colombia to north-western Venezuela. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Andean Teal (Anas andium).
• andium (P. L. Sclater and Salvin, 1873)   -  Colombia, Ecuador. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Andean Teal (Anas andium).
• oxyptera Meyen, 1834   -  Andes from central Peru to north-western Argentina.
• flavirostris Vieillot, 1816   -  Northern Argentina south to Tierra del Fuego; Falkland Is, South Georgia.

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