From Opus

Alternative name: Red-billed Teal

Photo by Max Holdt
Location: Namibia

Anas erythrorhyncha

[edit] Identification

It is a dabbling duck. 43–48 cm long. Black cap and nape, pale face, and bright red bill. The body plumage is a dark brown edged with white. The secondary flight feathers are buff with a black stripe across them. The sexes are similar, but juveniles are duller than adults. The male has a whzzt call, whereas the female has a soft quack.

[edit] Distribution

Southern and eastern Africa and Madagascar.

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic.

[edit] Habitat

Freshwater, open countryside.

[edit] Behaviour

It dabbles for plant food in water, or forages on land in the evening or at night.

Nests are built on the ground in dense vegetation near water.

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