Blue-billed Teal
Spatula hottentota(Eyton, TC, 1838)
English (US) Blue-billed Teal
The Blue-billed Teal (Spatula hottentota) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Anatidae (Ducks, Swans, and Geese) in the order Anseriformes.
Range: local in sub-Saharan Africa and MadagascarRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Spatula hottentota
- Order
- Anseriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Blue-billed Teal
- Described by
- (Eyton, TC, 1838)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Querquedula hottentota
- Described by
- (Eyton, TC, 1838)
- Type locality
- western coast of South Africa, near Orange River, Cape Province.
- Original description
- A monograph on the Anatidæ, or duck tribe p.129
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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