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Anas erythrorhyncha (Red-billed Teal)

Synonyms: Anas erythrorhynchos

Wikipedia Abstract

The red-billed teal (Anas erythrorhyncha) is a dabbling duck which is an abundant resident breeder in southern and eastern Africa typically south of 10° S. This duck is not migratory, but will fly great distances to find suitable waters. It is highly gregarious outside the breeding season and forms large flocks. This is a quiet species, but the displaying male has a whzzt call, whereas the female has a soft Mallard-like quack. This is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
0
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
7
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 2.40776
EDGE Score: 1.22606
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  1.246 lbs (565 g)
Birth Weight [2]  39 grams
Female Weight [4]  1.173 lbs (532 g)
Male Weight [4]  1.294 lbs (587 g)
Weight Dimorphism [4]  10.3 %
Diet [3]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Granivore, Herbivore
Diet - Fruit [3]  20 %
Diet - Invertibrates [3]  10 %
Diet - Plants [3]  50 %
Diet - Seeds [3]  20 %
Forages - Ground [3]  50 %
Forages - Water Surface [3]  50 %
Clutch Size [6]  8
Clutches / Year [1]  1
Fledging [1]  56 days
Incubation [5]  26 days
Snout to Vent Length [1]  18 inches (46 cm)

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Kafue flats Zambia A1, A3, A4i, A4iii
Lake Ngami Botswana A1, A3, A4i, A4ii, A4iii
Singida lakes Tanzania A1, A4i, A4iii

Biodiversity Hotspots

Prey / Diet

Panicum schinzii (land grass)[5]
Sacciolepis africana[5]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Crithagra mennelli (Black-eared Seedeater)1
Crithagra mozambica (Yellow-fronted Canary)1
Crithagra symonsi (Drakensberg Siskin)1
Estrilda erythronotos (Black-faced Waxbill)1
Serinus alario (Black-headed Canary)1

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Cloacotaenia megalops[7]
Diploposthe laevis[7]
Fimbriasacculus africanensis <Unverified Name>[7]
Microsomacanthus macrotesticulata <Unverified Name>[7]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 4SAFRING, University of Cape Town, Department of Statistical Sciences, Avian Demography Unit
♦ 5del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 6Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
♦ 7Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0