Bernier's Teal

Bernier's Teal

Taxobox
name = Bernier's Teal
status = EN | status_system = IUCN3.1
trend = down



image_width = 250px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Anseriformes
familia = Anatidae
genus = "Anas"
species = "A. bernieri"
binomial = "Anas bernieri"
binomial_authority = (Hartlaub, 1860)

Bernier's Teal "Anas bernieri" (also known as Madagascar Teal) is a duck species of the genus "Anas". It is endemic to Madagascar.

The binomial commemorates the French surgeon Chevalier J A Bernier.

References

* Database entry includes a range map, a brief justification of why this species is endangered, and the criteria usedThis bird is threaten from extinction because of trapping, shooting and forest destruction.

This bird lives in wetlands of western Madagascar.

External links

* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/search/species_search.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=449&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet]


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