Silver Teal (Spatula versicolor)

Population
Estimated population is 52,000 - 200,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
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Silver Teal (Spatula) [XC15273]
by Cl\u00e1udio Dias Timm from Laguna del Sauce,Maldonado, Uruguay (call)

Silver Teal (Spatula versicolor) [XC7965]
by Bernabe Lopez-Lanus from Minas, Uruguay (call)

Subspecies
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

puna von Tschudi, 1844 - Andes of Peru to north-western Argentina and northern Chile. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Puna Teal (Spatula puna).
versicolor (Vieillot, 1816) - Southern Bolivia to southern Brazil, and south to central Argentina.
fretensis (King, PP, 1831) - Central Chile and central Argentina south to Tierra del Fuego; Falkland Is.

References
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Files:

JPG files for Silver Teal (Spatula versicolor) - 10 files

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