- Sibirionetta formosa
Photo © by Joseph Morlan
Saku--Saku Regulating Pond, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, 15 February 2019
Identification
39-43 cm (15 ¼-17 in)
- Male:
- Green cap and nape
- Creamy-yellow face
- Black line from eye to chin
- Dark crown and eye-stripe
- Pale supercillium
- Pinkish spotted breast
- White vertical line at the side of the breast
- Green speculum with buffish bar above
- Grey flanks
Female and Juvenile recall female Gadwall with bold white spot at base of bill
Distribution
Eastern Siberia to Kamchatka; winters to India, Myanmar and Japan. Casual vagrant to Alaska. Accidental vagrant to Washington and California.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1]. Formerly placed in genus Anas.
Habitat
Breeds at pools on the tundra edge and within swampy forests. Winters on estuaries, inshore waters, reservoirs and even castle moats.
Behaviour
A dabbling duck
Breeding
They build nests in open tussock meadows near to water. Six to nine pale grey-green eggs are laid.
Diet
They eat seeds, leaves, stems and other vegetative parts of grasses, sedges, aquatic plants and crops (e.g. rice in winter); also aquatic invertebrates.
Vocalisations
Males incessantly produce deep, chuckling sound occasionally in autumn, but more often in spring. Female gives a harsh, low quack.
Movements
Migratory: they winter mainly between mid Nov to late February or early March.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Peterson, RT, G Mountfort and PAD Hollom. 1993. Collins Field Guide – Birds of Britain and Europe, 5th Revised edition. London: HarperCollins Publishers. ISBN 978-0002199001
- Mullarney, K., Svensson, L., Zetterstrom, D. & Grant, P.J. (1999) Collins Bird Guide, Harper Collins ISBN 0 00 219728 6
- BirdForum Member observations
- BirdLife International 2016. Sibirionetta formosa. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22680317A92855272. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22680317A92855272.en. Downloaded on 22 April 2019.
- Carboneras, C. & Kirwan, G.M. (2019). Baikal Teal (Sibirionetta formosa). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from https://www.hbw.com/node/52867 on 22 April 2019).
- Chesser, R.T., Burns, K.J., Cicero,C., Dunn, J.L., Kratter, A.W., Lovette, I.J., Rasmussen, P.C., Remsen, Jr., J.V., Rising, J.D., Stotz, D.F., Winker, K. (2017) Fifty-eighth supplement to the American Ornithological Society's Check-list of North American Birds. The Auk: Ornithological Advances 134(3):751–773, https://doi.org/10.1642/AUK-17-72.1
- Gonzalez, J. , H. Düttmann , and M. Wink. 2009. Phylogenetic relationships based on two mitochondrial genes and hybridization patterns in Anatidae. Journal of Zoology 279: 310–318.
- Johnson K.P. & M.D. Sorenson (1999). Phylogeny and biogeography of dabbling ducks (genus Anas): a comparison of molecular and morphological evidence. Auk 116: 792- 805.
- King, J.R. (1999) OrnithoNews: Taxonomy of Anas ducks: Green-winged Teal is a separate species. Birding World 12(6):344.
- Madge, S. & H. Burn (1988) Waterfowl: An identification guide to the ducks geese and swans of the world. Houghton Mifflin
- Palmer, R.S. (1976) Handbook of North American Birds Vol. 2: Waterfowl (Part 1). Yale Univ. Press.
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Baikal Teal. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 1 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Baikal_Teal
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