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[[Image:PunaTealSJ.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Stanley+Jones|Stanley Jones}}<br />Junín, [[Peru]], August 2017]]
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;[[:Category:Spatula|Spatula]] puna
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[[Image:Puna_Teal.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by herring 99]]
 
  
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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The sexes are alike though the male is larger than the female. Size: 19 in.
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[[Image:Puna Teal in Flight.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|GordonH|GordonH}}<br />Puno, [[Peru]], June 2007]]
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Upper half of the head black; going down this color by the rear neck; rest of the face, throat and neck creamy white. Back light coffee spotted with dark brown. Chest and flanks with the same color but with smaller spots. Rear flanks with dark brown and fine transversal strips. Upper tail coverts grayish. Bill long and strong, light blue, with black line over vertex.  
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48–51 cm (19-20 in)
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*Black upper head
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*White face throat and neck
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*Pale brown back, chest and anterior flanks with dark brown spots becoming bars on the rear flanks
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*Grey upper tail-[[Topography#General Anatomy|coverts]]
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*Light blue, relatively large bill, with a black line along the top of the upper [[Dictionary_M-O#M|mandible]]<br />
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Female is similar to male but smaller and browner.
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====Flight====
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In flight has a buff bordered, green speculum bordered in buff.
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====Similar Species====
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[[Silver Teal]] differs in having inner part of bill yellow, buff sides of head, and being overall smaller, but will not usually overlap in range
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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The Puna Teal is resident in the Andes of central Peru and western Bolivia south to northern Chile and extreme north-west Argentina.  
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[[South America]]: found in central [[Peru]] and western [[Bolivia]] south to northern [[Chile]] and extreme north-west [[Argentina]].  
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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The Puna Teal (Anas puna) is a species of dabbling duck in the genus Anas. It was previously regarded as a subspecies of the Silver Teal.
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>. It was previously regarded as a subspecies of the [[Silver Teal]].<br />
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Formerly placed in the genus ''[[:Category:Anas|Anas]]''.
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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It is found on the larger lakes and pools in the altiplano.
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They have a preferences for slightly alkaline wetlands with a lot of floating vegetation. Observed at heights around 4,083 m.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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In pairs, and rarely in flocks, it's an omnivorous bird, seeking its food between the floating vegetation, muddy bottom, lake and lagoon borders or in cushion peat-bogs (bofedales) in the puna zone.  
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====Diet====
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Their diet consists of seeds and the vegetative parts of aquatic plants, grasses and sedges. They also eat aquatic invertebrates, such as insects, larvae, molluscs, crustaceans.
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It nests out of water, in islet or coot nest, hidden it between the long grass.  Generally, the clutch has 4 eggs of average size of 54 x 39 mms. app.  
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====Breeding====
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The male is partly [[Dictionary_P-S#P|polygamous]]. They construct the nest in islets, hidden in long grass.  Usually 4 eggs are laid.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug17}}# Alvaro Jaramillo. 2003. Birds of Chile. Princeton Field Guides. ISBN 0-691-11740-3
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#BF member observations
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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{{GSearch|Spatula_puna}}
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[[Category:Birds]]
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Spatula]]

Latest revision as of 00:58, 21 December 2017

Photo by Stanley Jones
Junín, Peru, August 2017
Spatula puna

Identification

Photo by GordonH
Puno, Peru, June 2007

48–51 cm (19-20 in)

  • Black upper head
  • White face throat and neck
  • Pale brown back, chest and anterior flanks with dark brown spots becoming bars on the rear flanks
  • Grey upper tail-coverts
  • Light blue, relatively large bill, with a black line along the top of the upper mandible

Female is similar to male but smaller and browner.

Flight

In flight has a buff bordered, green speculum bordered in buff.

Similar Species

Silver Teal differs in having inner part of bill yellow, buff sides of head, and being overall smaller, but will not usually overlap in range

Distribution

South America: found in central Peru and western Bolivia south to northern Chile and extreme north-west Argentina.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1]. It was previously regarded as a subspecies of the Silver Teal.
Formerly placed in the genus Anas.

Habitat

They have a preferences for slightly alkaline wetlands with a lot of floating vegetation. Observed at heights around 4,083 m.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists of seeds and the vegetative parts of aquatic plants, grasses and sedges. They also eat aquatic invertebrates, such as insects, larvae, molluscs, crustaceans.

Breeding

The male is partly polygamous. They construct the nest in islets, hidden in long grass. Usually 4 eggs are laid.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Alvaro Jaramillo. 2003. Birds of Chile. Princeton Field Guides. ISBN 0-691-11740-3
  3. BF member observations

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External Links

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