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Scientific Name : Anas crecca
Family : Anatidae
Order : Anseriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Other Name : Eurasian Teal
Habitat : Rivers, lakes, lagoons, haors, swamps and mudflats, shallow, open wetlands with muddy bottoms or emergent vegetation.
Description : The Eurasian Teal is a small duck with a short bill (adult bird length approximately 36 cm, weight 280 g, wing 18 cm, bill 3.4 cm, tarsus 2.8 cm, tail 6.5 cm). The breeding male has a chestnut head and finely vermiculated greyish body. Its most distinctive parts are yellow-bordered green ear patches. It feeds on aquatic vegetables, including shoots, tubers, seeds, etc. it generally flies in a distorted V formation.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Anser albifrons
(Greater White‑fronted Goose) -
Anas poecilorhyncha
(Indian Spot‑billed Duck) -
Anser anser
(Greylag Goose) -
Spatula querquedula
(Garganey) -
Anser indicus
(Bar‑headed Goose) -
Aythya ferina
(Common Pochard) -
Netta rufina
(Red‑crested Pochard) -
Nettapus coromandelianus
(Cotton Pygmy Goose) -
Aythya baeri
(Baer's Pochard) -
Tadorna tadorna
(Common Shelduck)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills -
Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters -
Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits -
Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas -
Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby -
Flamingo -
Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch -
Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths -
Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes -
Nightjars -
Barn-owls -
Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:MSH Sourav (TU Dresden, Germany);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;more information, please contact us.
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:MSH Sourav (TU Dresden, Germany);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;more information, please contact us.