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[[Image:Sunda_Teal_by_James_Eaton.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|James_Eaton|James Eaton}}<br />Location: Andaman Islands, [[India]], December 2007]]
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[[Image:Sunda_Teal.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by '''[http://www.birdforum.net/member.php?u=16212 Mat & Cathy]'''<br>Nusa Dua Ponds, Bali, [[Indonesia]], August 2010]]
 
;[[:Category:Anas|Anas]] gibberifrons
 
;[[:Category:Anas|Anas]] gibberifrons
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
 
Mottled brown duck with white and green flashes on its wings. Sexes similar.
 
Mottled brown duck with white and green flashes on its wings. Sexes similar.
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
[[Andaman Islands]] and [[Indonesia]].
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[[Indonesia]].
  
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species.<br />
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[[Andaman Teal]] was formerly treated as a subspecies of this species and another subspecies, ''remissa'', is now included in [[Grey Teal]].
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
 
Open wetlands, freshwater lakes and marshes.
 
Open wetlands, freshwater lakes and marshes.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
 
It nests on the ground, in tree holes or rabbit burrows.
 
It nests on the ground, in tree holes or rabbit burrows.
 
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug14}}#{{Ref-GillDonsker14V4.3}}
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Anas+gibberifrons}}
 
{{GSearch|Anas+gibberifrons}}
*[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=179&Bird_Image_ID=7890&Bird_Family_ID=65 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages]
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Anas]]
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Anas]]

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Photo by Mat & Cathy
Nusa Dua Ponds, Bali, Indonesia, August 2010
Anas gibberifrons

Identification

Mottled brown duck with white and green flashes on its wings. Sexes similar.

Distribution

Indonesia.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.
Andaman Teal was formerly treated as a subspecies of this species and another subspecies, remissa, is now included in Grey Teal.

Habitat

Open wetlands, freshwater lakes and marshes.

Behaviour

It nests on the ground, in tree holes or rabbit burrows.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2014. IOC World Bird Names (version 4.3). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.

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