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Alternative name: Madagascar Teal

Photo by balticbird
Betsiboka, Madagascar, November 2001

Anas bernieri

[edit] Identification

40-45 cm

• Pale, warm grey-brown all over
• Scalloped darker particularly on flanks and breast
• Black speculum
• Pale, pinkish-grey bill, slightly upturned.

[edit] Distribution

Lowlands of western Madagascar (population ±20 birds 1993)^[1]

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic^[1]

[edit] Habitat

Wetlands, mangroves, on lake edges or estuarine mudflats.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

It feeds by wading in shallow muddy water.

[edit] Breeding

Ducklings fledge at 45-49 days.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. BirdLife International

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