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Baikal Teal

Anas formosaOrder: ANSERIFORMES Family: Geese and Ducks (Anatidae)
Codes: Common Name: BATE Scientific Name: ANAFOR ITIS Taxonomic No.: 175085
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Baikal Teal: The male Baikal Teal has a striking head pattern of pale brown, green, white and black. The long scapular wing feathers are chestnut, black and white. The sides are gray bordered with white vertical stripes and the breast is pink with dark spots.
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Overview

Baikal Teal: Small dabbling duck, head pattern of pale brown, green, white, and black. Pink breast has dark spots, flanks are gray bordered with vertical white stripes, scapulars are brown, black, and white. Wing speculum is green with buff upper and white lower border. Black undertail coverts.

Range and Habitat

Baikal Teal: Occurs in Alaska and in northern west coast states; nests near swampy tundra areas. Spends winters on freshwater lakes, rivers, reservoirs, and farmlands, often roosting on water during the day and feeding in fields at night.

Topo Map: Duck-like Body


Voice Text

"klo-klo"

Interesting Facts

 At night, Baikal Teals forage for acorns in the woods and grains and seeds by roadways.

 Molecular and behavioral data suggests that it has no close relatives among living ducks and should be placed in a distinct genus; it is possibly closest to such species as the Garganey and the Northern Shoveler.

 Although believed to be the most numerous duck in eastern Asia in the 1940s, excessive hunting reduced the population to an estimated 40,000 in the 1980s. Over the last decade, populations of Baikal teal have increased dramatically.

 A group of teal has many collective nouns, including a "coil", "dopping", "knob", "paddling", and "spring" of teal.


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Author

Gary Owen Dick

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Range Map for Baikal Teal

Related Birds

Wood Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Garganey
Falcated Duck
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Family Surface-feeding Duck (Anatidae)_blue
Species Anas formosa
Length15 - 17 Inches
Wingspan22.5 Inches

Baikal Teal

Baikal Teal: Small dabbling duck, head pattern of pale brown, green, white, and black. Pink breast has dark spots, flanks are gray bordered with vertical white stripes, scapulars are brown, black, and white. Wing speculum is green with buff upper and white lower border. Black undertail coverts.

● Song: "klo-klo"

● Foraging & Feeding: Baikal Teal: Feeds on seeds, aquatic snails, algae, and plants.

● Breeding & nesting: Baikal Teal: Six to ten white eggs, often yellow-tinted, are laid in a ground nest made of dried grass and plants lined with feathers and down. Incubation ranges from 21 to 25 days and is carried out by the female.

● Similar species: Baikal Teal: Breeding males are unmistakable. Eclipse and immature male resembles female.

Flight Pattern

Direct flight with rapid wing beats.
Baikal Teal: Male
● Range & Habitat: Baikal Teal: Occurs in Alaska and in northern west coast states; nests near swampy tundra areas. Spends winters on freshwater lakes, rivers, reservoirs, and farmlands, often roosting on water during the day and feeding in fields at night.
BreedingMonogamous
PopulationCasual to accidential on northwest coast
MigrationMigratory
Weight15.4 Ounces
Duck-like BodyX
Undertail covertsX
Small feathers that cover the areas where the retrices (tail feathers) attach to the rump.
BreastX
The upper front part of a bird.
ScapularsX
Short feathers in the area where the bird’s back and wings join.
SpeculumX
The brightly colored area on the wing (secondaries of the wing) on several duck species.
4 and 6 letter alpha codesX

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

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ITIS CodesX

The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) was established in the mid-1990�s as a cooperative project among several federal agencies to improve and expand upon taxonomic data (known as the NODC Taxonomic Code) maintained by the National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

To find the ITIS page for a bird species go to the ITIS web site advanced search and report page at http://www.itis.gov/advanced_search.html. You can enter the TSN or the common name of the bird. It will return the ITIS page for that bird. Another way to obtain the ITIS page is to use the Google search engine. Enter the string ITIS followed by the taxonomic ID, for example "ITIS 178041" will return the page for the Allen's Hummingbird.

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Head Feathers and MarkingsX
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