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Ringed Teal

Callonetta leucophrys

The Ringed Teal is a small, colorful duck with a beautiful ring around its neck. They are friendly and love to swim in calm waters, making them fun to watch!

Hábitat: Wetlands

Aspecto

The Ringed Teal is a small, elegant duck, featuring a prominent black cap and a distinct black line forming a ring around the nape. Males have a chestnut-brown back, pale grey flanks, and a pinkish bill. Females are duller with a mottled brown appearance.

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Ringed Teal

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Common

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Datos interesantes

Male Ringed Teals flash iridescent green feathers on their wings, though it's often hidden when resting.

Their soft, high-pitched whistling calls sound very different from a typical duck's loud 'quack'.

This duck is one of the smallest waterfowl species in the world, barely bigger than a pigeon!

Unlike many ducks, Ringed Teals prefer to nest in tree hollows high above the ground near water.

Habilidades especiales

Ringed Teal can perch comfortably in trees because of strong, sharp claws that help them grip branches securely.

Ringed Teal has exceptional maneuverability in flight that helps them swiftly navigate dense forest canopy and tricky wetlands.

Ringed Teal can dive and swim efficiently underwater to find submerged seeds and tiny invertebrates.

Medidas y detalles

Longitud: 35-38 cm
Envergadura: 58-62 cm
Peso: 0.3-0.45 kg
Esperanza de vida: 5-10 años
Top Speed: 70 km/h
Tamaño de la puesta: 6-12
Incubación: 26-28 días

Dieta y alimentación

Ringed Teals eat a mix of seeds, aquatic plants, and tiny insects from freshwater habitats.

Alimentos principales

aquatic seeds
algae
water plants
insect larvae
small invertebrates

Método de búsqueda

Foraging

Conexiones ecológicas

eaten by

Roadside Hawk

Buteo magnirostris

Predatory hawk that may hunt adults or ducklings.

eaten by

Neotropical Otter

Lontra longicaudis

Aquatic mammal that can prey on eggs and young ducklings.

eats

Common Water Hyacinth

Eichhornia crassipes

They consume the seeds and vegetation of this floating plant.

Rasgos

Pies palmeados

Se caracteriza por tener los dedos conectados por una membrana, lo que generalmente ayuda a nadar.

Social

Los animales sociales viven en grupos organizados, cooperando para obtener beneficios de supervivencia como la búsqueda de alimento, la defensa y la cría de descendencia.

Omnívoro

Este rasgo identifica organismos cuya dieta incluye tanto materia vegetal como animal.

Colorido

Colorido describe a organismos u objetos que exhiben una amplia variedad de colores brillantes y distintivos.

Filtrador

Los filtradores obtienen nutrientes filtrando partículas de alimentos suspendidos y pequeños organismos del agua.

Humedal

Este rasgo de hábitat identifica especies que se encuentran en humedales, que son áreas de tierra saturadas de agua, ya sea permanente o estacionalmente, e incluyen marismas, pantanos y ciénagas.