Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur

Sitio realizado por aficionados a la observación de aves desde 10 de enero 2006

Yellow-billed Teal - Anas flavirostris

Order: Anseriformes - Family: Anatidae
Status: Resident - Common - Breeder. Habitat: Ponds
Formerly Speckled Teal

All records since January 2014
Sounds

© José L. Merlo
Adult
Pato barcino/Yellow-billed Teal28 8 14 © Hugo Aguilar
Brown. Yellow bill. Black line crossing the eye
Pato barcino/Yellow-billed Teal14 12 14 © Carlos González Ledo
Breast dotted black
Pato barcino/Yellow-billed Teal10 4 15 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Lighter underparts and plain flanks
Pato barcino/Yellow-billed Teal19 9 10 © Claudia Furman
Speculum: black central stripe with upper band cinnamon and lower band whitish
Pato barcino/Yellow-billed Teal18 11 13 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Pato barcino/Yellow-billed Teal7 10 13 © J. Simón Tagtachian
White axillaries
Pair
Pato barcino/Yellow-billed Teal21 8 15 © Gustavo F. Brahamian
Pato barcino/Yellow-billed Teal2 12 14 © Sergio Cusano
Suelen permanecer formar grupos numerosos
Pato barcino/Speckled Teal4 06 © Roberto Ares
Pato barcino/Yellow-billed Teal29-12-16 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Pato barcino/Yellow-billed Teal29-12-16 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Pato barcino/Yellow-billed Teal4-1-17 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Pato barcino/Yellow-billed Teal4-1-17 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Pato barcino/Yellow-billed Teal7-1-17 © J. Simón Tagtachian
The colour of this duck called our eye. Resting on the ground with its bill tucked in the feathers we had little chance to identify it. When it rose we found it looked like a yellow-billed teal, except for a swelling around the base of the bill which these teals lack. Only a chromatic aberration?
Breeding
13 12 01 barcino CGL
The Yellow-billed Teal nests in trees. When ducklings are ready to leave the nest they drop to the ground and can be found wandering about.
Pato barcino/Yellow-billed Teal© Claudia y Tito Di Mauro Pato barcino/Yellow-billed Teal© Claudia y Tito Di Mauro
Pato barcino/Yellow-billed Teal© Sergio Cusano Pato barcino/Yellow-billed Teal© Claudia y Tito Di Mauro
Pato barcino/Yellow-billed Teal© Nicolás Giorgio Pato barcino/Yellow-billed Teal© Roberto Ares
Pato barcino/Yellow-billed Teal© Claudia y Tito Di Mauro Pato barcino/Yellow-billed Teal© Claudia y Tito Di Mauro
More photographic records since January 2013