Anas crecca Linnaeus, 1758

Kumar Arya, Sumit & Gopi, Govindan Veeraswami, 2021, An annotated bird checklist of community-managed lands in Kailash Sacred Landscape-India, Kumaon Himalaya, Check List 17 (2), pp. 365-383 : 372

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.15560/17.2.365

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BE8562-8520-FF93-FF07-FACA8F6093E4

treatment provided by

Marcus

scientific name

Anas crecca Linnaeus, 1758
status

 

* Anas crecca Linnaeus, 1758 View in CoL

Common Teal

Figure 3A

Observations. INDIA • Uttarakhand; Pithoragarh dis- trict; Bin block; Jajurauli ; 29.6282°N 80.1229°E; alt. 630 m a.s.l.; 28 Nov. 2015 GoogleMaps .

Identification. Males were identified by the chestnut head and green band behind eyes, and the white stripe along with the scapulars. Females were identified by the uniform head and prominent white streak at the side of under tail coverts. If a pale loral spot and dark cheek bar were lacking, then we identified birds as a female of Anas querquedula .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Anseriformes

Family

Anatidae

Genus

Anas

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