Yellow-billed Teal - BirdForum Opus

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Photo by Jamfaraco
Photo taken: Lages/SC, Brazil.
This bird likely belongs to subspecies flavirostris.

Anas flavirostris

Distribution

Andes from Peru south to Chile, Argentina and the south of Brazil. The southern lowland populations are migratory.

Taxonomy

Two subspecies are recognized¹: Anas flavirostris oxyptera, and Anas flavirostris flavirostris.

The two black-billed subspecies andium and altipetens has recently been split as Andean Teal, Anas andium by the SACC². Andean Teal and Yellow-billed Teal were together known as Speckled Teal.

Habitat

Mainly freshwater, in much of the range at high elevation but subspecies flavirostris often in lowland.

Behaviour

Similar to other small dabbling ducks.

References

1. Clements, James F. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019
2. Proposal (#356) to South American Classification Committee
3. Restall et al. 2006. Birds of Northern South America. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300124156

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