Bird name:

Baikal Teal

Anas formosaOrder: ANSERIFORMES Family: Geese and Ducks (Anatidae)

Codes: Common Name: BATE Scientific Name: ANAFOR ITIS Taxonomic No.: 175085

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.

Baikal Teal Female - The female Baikal Teal is mostly brown with dark-centered feathers on back and sides. She has a distinctive white spot at the base of the bill.

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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.

● 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

4 and 6 letter alpha codes

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.

Field Guide to Birds of North America

Baikal Teal

Baikal Teal

Flight Pattern