Grey Teal (Anas gracilis)

Other Names (World)
Grey Teal, Slender Teal, Gray Teal, Wood Teal, Oceanic Teal, Mountain Teal, Australian Grey Teal, Australasian Grey Teal

Family
Anatidae (Ducks, Geese, Swans)

Size
40 - 48 cm

First Described (Guide)
Buller, 1869

Derivation
Anas - L., duck: gra'-ci-lis - L., graceful

Habitat
Streams, swamps and lagoons, both inland and near the coast, usually congregating in large numbers.

Range (Guide)

Australia (B), Indonesia, New Caledonia, New Zealand (B), Papua New Guinea (B), Solomon Islands (PE), Vanuatu.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2014) and decreasing.

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Aquatic animals and vegatation.

Voice
Female, a loud, penetrating quack, repeated rapidly like a hoarse laugh, with the pitch falling. Male, a loud burp 'gdeeu'.

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Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (34)...)

Grey Teal (Anas gracilis) [XC611300]
by Marc Anderson from Mount Wood Homestead area, Sturt NP, New South Wales, Australia (call)

Grey Teal (Anas) [XC611864]
by Greg McLachlan from Mount Wood Homestead area, Sturt NP, New South Wales, Australia (call)

Nest
Composed of grass, lined with down, in a hollow limb or among lignum or grass.

Eggs (Guide)
4 - 14, usually 7 or 8; cream, becoming stained; oval; 54 x 39 mm. Incubation: 24 - 26 days; by female.

Young
Precocial, nidifugous.

Subspecies
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Sunda Teal (Anas gibberifrons).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

gracilis Buller, 1869 - Widespread. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Sunda Teal (Anas gibberifrons).
remissa Ripley, 1942 - Rennell I, Solomon Is. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Sunda Teal (Anas gibberifrons).

References
See References.

The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Pizzey, G., and Knight, E., 1997, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 19691 5
Field Guide to Australian Birds Morecombe, M., 2000, Steve Parish Publishing Pty Ltd. ISBN 1 876282 10 X
Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Simpson, K., and Day, N., 1999, 6th Edition, Viking ISBN 0 670 87918 5
Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds 1988, 2nd Edition, Reader's Digest ISBN 0 949819 99 9
What Bird is That? 1984, Revised Edition, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 14846 5
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds 1990 - , Oxford University Press, Melbourne ISBN 0 19 553244 9

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