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Tobago, March 2005

Anas bahamensis

[edit] Identification

Adult Male:

• Dark brown cap and hindneck
• White cheek and throat
• Steely-grey bill
  • Bright red triangle surrounded by black on the side at bill base
• Body feathers mostly dark brown with broad, buffy edges
• Green speculum bordered by buff

Adult Female: Slightly duller

[edit] Distribution

Caribbean, South America and the Galápagos Islands.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies

Three subspecies have what seem to be disjoint distributions^[1]:

• A.b. bahamensis is localy common in the Caribbean, from the Greater Antilles to northern Lesser Antilles, and additionally in northern South America
• A.b. rubrirostris is found in central South America from southern Brazil and Bolivia to Argentina and Chile
• A.b. galapagensis is found in the Galapagos Islands.

[edit] Habitat

Wetlands, swamps, and ponds including both freshwater and hypersaline.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

The diet includes aquatic plants and small creatures obtained by dabbling.

[edit] Breeding

It nests on the ground under vegetation and near water.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist

• List of references

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