Red-billed Teal
Anas erythrorhyncha
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O pato-bico-vermelho é um pato dabbling de tamanho médio encontrado na África subsariana. É facilmente identificado pelo seu bico vermelho brilhante, que contrasta com a sua plumagem castanha mosqueada. Habita zonas húmidas de água doce, incluindo lagos, pântanos, charcas e rios de fluxo lento. É um dos patos mais abundantes e amplamente distribuídos em África, sendo encontrado desde o Senegal até à África do Sul, com movimentos sazonais.
Physical Description
| Measurement | Value | Imperial |
|---|---|---|
| Envergadura | 43,0 cm | 16.9 in |
| Peso | 648,0 g | 22.86 oz |
Identificação
Plumagem
Diagnostic bright pink-red bill with dark ridge contrasting with dark brown cap. Body brown, finely scalloped. White sides of face. Pale buff-white speculum with dark border. Sexes similar. Sub-Saharan Africa.
Habitat & Range
Freshwater lakes, marshes, pans, and flooded fields across sub-Saharan Africa from Ethiopia and Sudan south to the Cape. Nomadic; follows seasonal flooding. Very tolerant of saline conditions.
Distribuição geográfica
Breeds in northern Eurasia and Arctic Canada; winters on open ocean in the North Atlantic and North Pacific.
Diet & Feeding
Dives for molluscs, crustaceans, and small fish in coastal and freshwater habitats; diet shifts with prey availability.
Estado de conservação
Comportamento e reprodução
Nidificação
Nest type: M. Incubation: 25-28 days. Fledging: 56 days.
Tamanho da postura
5-13
Som
Canto
Female produces a loud, nasal quacking series; male gives a soft, nasal grunt. Both sexes call with emphatic, honking quacks that carry across African open wetlands and dams.
Taxonomia
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Aves |
| Ordem | Anseriformes (Waterfowl) |
| Família | Anatidae (Ducks, Geese & Swans) |
| Genus | Anas |
| Espécies | Anas erythrorhyncha |
Distribution
Red-billed Teal has been recorded in 7 countries.
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Similar Birds
Other species in the Anatidae family