Ducks, Geese and Swans (Anatidae)
Chestnut Teal (Anas castanea) - HBW 1, p. 605
French: Sarcelle rousse
German: Kastanienente
Spanish: Cerceta Castaña
Other common names: Red/Chestnut-breasted Teal, Brown Teal (!)
Taxonomy: Mareca castanea Eyton, 1838, New South Wales.
Sometimes placed in genus Nettion. Forms superspecies with A. aucklandica. Hybridization recorded with A. gibberifrons gracilis. Monotypic.
Distribution: SW and SE Australia, Tasmania.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A pair foraging. Locality Lake Tabourie, New South Wales, Australia
Stephen Wallace 5 February 2012 1 year ago 25 sec 4.8 -
Male foraging on a creek bank. Head of female briefly visible. Locality Lake Tabourie, New South Wales, Australia
Stephen Wallace 20 September 2010 2 years ago 19 sec 4.4 -
Female preening. Locality Lake Tabourie, New South Wales, Australia
Stephen Wallace 21 September 2010 1 year ago 20 sec 4.4 -
A male swimming Locality Beachmere, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
Eldert Groenewoud 21 July 2007 4 years ago 19 sec 4.3 -
Several ducklings swimming up to a sandbank and running across it to join their mother Locality Westgate Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 6 October 2007 5 years ago 5 sec 3.9 -
A male swimming and feeding on the water. Locality Shortland Wetlands, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 30 September 2005 3 years ago 37 sec 3.6
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Chestnut teal, male.
Locality Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Margaret Leggoe 5 December 2011 1 year ago 4.6 -
Adult male.
Locality Laratinga Wetlands, Mount Barker, South Australia, Australia
Edward Smith 11 January 2013 18 weeks ago 4.2 -
adult male feeding on lagoon
Locality Wynnum, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 1 January 2013 13 weeks ago 4.2 -
male and female together on lagoon
Locality Port of Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 1 year ago 4.2 -
Female bird on shores of Lake Macquarie
Locality The Entrance, New South Wales, Australia
David McKay 7 May 2012 49 weeks ago 4.1 -
taking sun
Locality Racconigi, Piedmont Region, Italy
Cristiano Crolle 20 October 2012 29 weeks ago 4
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A male on the water calls once. Locality Royal Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
(Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 7 July 2012 43 weeks ago 1
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