Chilean Teal (Anas flavirostris flavirostris)

Barra do Quaraí, RS, Brazil.

 

The subspecies Anas flavirostris flavirostris, often called the "Chilean teal", ranges across southern South America, reaching as far north as southern Brazil and northern Argentina, and even the Falkland Islands. A beautiful representative of the yellow-billed teal group.

 

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Aves

Order: Anseriformes

Family: Anatidae

Subfamily: Anatinae

Tribe: Anatini

Genus: Anas Linnaeus, 1758

Species: A. flavirostris Vieillot, 1816

Subspecies: A. f. flavirostris (Vieillot, 1816)

Trinomial name: Anas flavirostris flavirostris

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