Ringed Teal

Ringed Teal

Taxobox
name = Ringed Teal
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
status_ref = IUCN2006|assessors= BirdLife International |year=2004|id=47173|title=Callonetta leucophrys|downloaded=11 May 2006 Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern]


image_width = 240px
image_caption = A pair, male in front
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Anseriformes
familia = Anatidae
genus = "Callonetta"
genus_authority = Delacour, 1936
species = "C. leucophrys"
binomial = "Callonetta leucophrys"
binomial_authority = (Vieillot, 1816)

The Ringed Teal ("Callonetta leucophrys") is a small duck of South American forests. It is the only species of the genus "Callonetta". Usually placed with the dabbling ducks (Anatinae), this species may actually be closer to shelducks and belong into the subfamily Tadorninae; its closest relative is possibly the Maned Duck. Johnson, Kevin P; Sorenson, Michael D (1999): " [http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Auk/v116n03/p0792-p0805.pdf Phylogeny and biogeography of dabbling ducks (genus "Anas"): a comparison of molecular and morphological evidence.] " (PDF) "Auk" 116(3): 792–805.] The male and female remain colourful throughout the year, lacking an eclipse plumage. The drake has a rich chestnut back, pale grey flanks and a salmon coloured breast speckled in black. A black band runs from the top of its head down to the nape. Females have an olive-brownish back with the head blotched and striated in white, with pencilled barring on a pale chest and belly. Both have a dark tail, a contrasting pale rump, and a distinctive white patch on the wing. Bills are grey and legs and feet are pink in both sexes. Pairs easily bond. Their contact calls are a cat like "mee-oowing" in ducks, a lingering "peewoo" in drakes.

The Ringed Teal breeds in north-west Argentina and Paraguay, also occurring in Bolivia, Brazil and Uruguay. Their habitats include tropical, swampy forests and marshy clearings in well-wooded lowlands, as well as secluded pools and small streams.

References

External links

* [http://www.btinternet.com/~palmiped/waterfowl.htm Ringed Teal]


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