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Chestnut Teal

(Anas castanea)
Alternate name(s): "Chestnut-breasted Teal", "Green-headed Teal", "Black Teal", "Mountain Teal", "Tete"
Aboriginal name(s): "ngwoolnakerong"

Size: 38-48 cm
Weight: 500-800 g

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Description     Classification     Distribution     Sightings     Photos     Breeding     Nest     Eggs     Behaviour     Food     Call/s

Physical description

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Taxonomy, classification

See Chestnut Teal at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat, finding this species

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Sightings

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Photos

ADULT

MALE

Close-up near-lateral view of a male Chestnut Teal (photo courtesy of C. Hayne)

Lateral view of a male Chestnut Teal (photo courtesy of A. Ross-Taylor)
[Carrara, Gold Coast, QLD, December 2014]

Close-up lateral view of a male Chestnut Teal
[Cattai Wetlands, Coopernook, NSW, October 2023]

Lateral view of a male Chestnut Teal (photo courtesy of M. Windeyer)
[Long Jetty, NSW, September 2011]

Lateral view of a male Chestnut Teal issuing its call (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Goulds Lagoon, Hobart, TAS, April 2021]

Near-dorsal view of a male Chestnut Teal
[Gorokan, NSW, June 2011]

Near-dorsal view of a male Chestnut Teal paddling away
[Gorokan, NSW, June 2011]

Close-up dorsal view of a male Chestnut Teal looking sideways
[Cattai Wetlands, Coopernook, NSW, October 2023]

Male Chestnut Teal, front right, possibly with a female (the dark bird on the far left), Grey Teals and Pink-eared Ducks
[New Quipolly Dam, near Quirindi, NSW, June 2019]

Male Chestnut Teal (left), with two Plumed Whistling-Ducks (right), seen at Whittaker's Lagoon near Moree, NSW
(photo courtesy of C. Hayne)

Near-dorsal view of Chestnut Teals in flight, male at front left (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Tuross Coastal Lagoon, NSW, January 2018]

FEMALE

Lateral view of a female Chestnut Teal
[Gorokan, NSW, June 2011]

Dorsal view of a female Chestnut Teal
[Gorokan, NSW, June 2011]

Two female Chestnut Teals on a jetty
[Gorokan, NSW, June 2011]

Lateral view of female Chestnut Teals in flight (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Tuross Coastal Lagoon, NSW, January 2018]

Near-dorsal view of female Chestnut Teals in flight (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Tuross Coastal Lagoon, NSW, January 2018]

PAIR

Near-dorsal view of a pair of Chestnut Teals
[Goran Lake, near Gunnedah, NSW, February 2022]

Near-dorsal view of a pair of Chestnut Teals seen in flight
[Near Hat Head, NSW, January 2011]

IMMATURE/JUVENILE

Dorsal view of a pair of Chestnut Teals with duckling/s (photo courtesy of M. Wheeler)
[Narrabri Lake, NSW, May 2020]

Behaviour

Social behaviour: Communal Mobility: Dispersive Elementary unit: Pair/flock

Chestnut Teals roosting surrounded by water
[Cattai Wetlands, Coopernook, NSW, October 2023]

Two Chestnut Teals (female on the right, immature male on the left) exploring suburbia (photo courtesy of A. Ross-Taylor)
[Carrara, Gold Coast, QLD, December 2014]

Food, Diet

Chestnut Teals filter-feeding in shallow water
[Hunter Wetlands NP, Newcastle, NSW, December 2016]

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