Baikal Teal Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Sibirionetta formosa
Family : Anatidae
Order : Anseriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Haors
Description : The Baikal Teal is a dainty and colourful duck whose male is visibly different from the female (adult bird length approximately 41 cm, weight 200 g, wing 21.5 cm, bill 3.5 cm, tarsus 3.3 cm, tail 9 cm). It has two prominent bands on its buff face: a vertical black band runs from its eye to the throat and a green band runs from behind the eye though the side of its head.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
-
Spatula querquedula
(Garganey) -
Anser indicus
(Bar‑headed Goose) -
Rhodonessa caryophyllacea
(Pink-headed Duck) -
Aythya marila
(Greater Scaup) -
Aythya baeri
(Baer's Pochard) -
Anas crecca
(Common Teal) -
Mergus serrator
(Red-breasted Merganser) -
Mareca penelope
(Eurasian Wigeon) -
Sarkidiornis melanotos
(Knob-billed Duck) -
Mergellus albellus
(Smew)
Species groups
-
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;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: Lucavale (www.inaturalist.org/people/Lucavale ),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;Andrew Spencermore 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;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: Lucavale (www.inaturalist.org/people/Lucavale ),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;Andrew Spencermore information, please contact us.