Red-billed Duck (Anas erythrorhyncha)

Other Names (World)
Red-billed Teal, Red-billed Duck, Red-billed Pintail, African Red-billed Teal

Family
Anatidae (Ducks, Geese, Swans)

Size
48 cm

First Described (Guide)
Gmelin, 1789

Habitat
Shallow, still, freshwater habitats with large amounts of submerged, floating, emergent and peripheral vegetation. Also grazes on land in fields of rice or other crops, especially in fields of stubble.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Botswana (B), Burundi, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda, Zambia (B), Zimbabwe.

Vagrant to Israel.

Southern Sudan and Ethiopia south to Cape Province and west to Angola; Madagascar.

Population
Estimated population is 620,000 - 1,300,000 (2010).

Status LC
Habitat degradation appears to be the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (8)...)

Red-billed Teal (Anas erythrorhyncha) [XC509857]
by Dries Van de Loock from Eluanata dam, Monduli, Tanzania (call)

Red-billed Teal (Anas erythrorhyncha) [XC762585]
by Peter Boesman from Tsarasaotra park, Antananarivo, Madagascar (call)

Nest
A depression in a mound of grass on the ground amongst dense vegetation, usually near the waters edge.

Subspecies
Considered by some to form superspecies with White-cheeked Pintail (Anas bahamensis).

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Red-billed Duck (Anas erythrorhyncha) - 10 files

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