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[[Image:Ringed_Teal.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Fernando]] | [[Image:Ringed_Teal.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Fernando]] | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
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+ | Male has a rich chestnut back, pale grey flanks and a salmon coloured breast speckled in black. A black band runs from the top of its head down to the nape. Females have an olive-brownish back with the head blotched and striated in white, with pencilled barring on a pale chest and belly. Both have a dark tail, a contrasting pale rump, and a distinctive white patch on the wing. Bills are grey and legs and feet are pink in both sexes. | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
+ | North-west [[Argentina]] and [[Paraguay]], also occurring in [[Bolivia]], [[Brazil]] and [[Uruguay]]. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
+ | Tropical, swampy forests and marshy clearings in well-wooded lowlands, as well as secluded pools and small streams. | ||
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==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
− | + | They nest in cavities and 5 to 12 whitish eggs are laid; incubation takes from 23 to 26 days. | |
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
*[http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showgallery.php?mcats=all&what=allfields&si=Callonetta+leucophrys+ View more images of Ringed Teal in the gallery] | *[http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showgallery.php?mcats=all&what=allfields&si=Callonetta+leucophrys+ View more images of Ringed Teal in the gallery] | ||
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Revision as of 18:51, 7 January 2008
- Callonetta leucophrys
Identification
Male has a rich chestnut back, pale grey flanks and a salmon coloured breast speckled in black. A black band runs from the top of its head down to the nape. Females have an olive-brownish back with the head blotched and striated in white, with pencilled barring on a pale chest and belly. Both have a dark tail, a contrasting pale rump, and a distinctive white patch on the wing. Bills are grey and legs and feet are pink in both sexes.
Distribution
North-west Argentina and Paraguay, also occurring in Bolivia, Brazil and Uruguay.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Tropical, swampy forests and marshy clearings in well-wooded lowlands, as well as secluded pools and small streams.
Behaviour
They nest in cavities and 5 to 12 whitish eggs are laid; incubation takes from 23 to 26 days.