Hottentot teal
| Hottentot teal | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Anseriformes |
| Family: | Anatidae |
| Genus: | Spatula |
| Species: | S. hottentota |
| Binomial name | |
| Spatula hottentota (Eyton, 1838) | |
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The Hottentot teal (Spatula hottentota) is a species of dabbling duck of the genus Spatula. It is migratory resident in eastern and southern Africa, from Sudan and Ethiopia west to Niger and Nigeria and south to South Africa and Namibia.[1][2] In west Africa and Madagascar it is sedentary.
The Hottentot teal breed year round, depending on rainfall, and stay in small groups or pairs. They build nests above water in tree stumps and use vegetation. Ducklings leave the nest soon after hatching, and the mother's parenting is limited to providing protection from predators and leading young to feeding areas.[3] This species is omnivorous and prefers smaller shallow bodies of water.[4]
The Hottentot teal is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies. The status of the Hottentot teal on the IUCN Red List is Least Concern.[1]
Footnotes
- 1 2 3 BirdLife International (2012). "Spatula hottentota". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ Clements, J. (2007)
- ↑ "Hottentot Teal Fact Sheet, Lincoln Park Zoo"
- ↑ http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=465&m=0#
References
- Clements, James, (2007) The Clements Checklist of the Birds of the World, Cornell University Press, Ithaca
- IUCN (2009) BirdLife International Anas hottentota Downloaded on 08 Jan 2009