Chestnut Teal

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Batemans Bay, SE NSW IMG_5561 20190308 - male in breeding plumage. CLICK for female.

Notes: The male has a glossy green coloured head & mottled chestnut body. The female has
a brown, streaked, head & mottled brown body. It is darker & slightly bigger than Grey Teal.
Female lacks the white chin & throat of Grey Teal. The female has a loud penetrating "laughing"
(manic) quack repeated rapidly nine times or more. Prefers coastal estuaries & wetlands, & is
indifferent to salinity. A dabbling omnivore.

Range from Morcombe & Stewart^©

Edithvale Wetlands, Melbourne, S Vic IMG_3447 20180127 - female. CLICK for male in non-breeding plumage.

Edithvale Wetlands, Melbourne, S Vic IMG_9652 20191006

Braeside Park, Melbourne, S Vic IMG_9667 20230511 - CLICK for another pair: 20240102.

Batemans Bay, SE NSW IMG_5566 20190307 - male in breeding plumage, female.

Swan Reach, SE Vic IMG_4579+8 20240111 - composite of male flying.

Elwood Canal, Melbourne, S Vic IMG_1842 20191129 - juvenile: like pale adult female, w. broad pale edges to flank feathers.

Edithvale Wetlands, Melbourne, S Vic IMG_6292 20200202 - adult female on right; juvenile on left: like pale adult female.

Edithvale Wetlands, Melbourne, S Vic IMG_2773 20180107 - adult female & chick

Elsternwick Park, Melbourne, S Vic IMG_1279 20210924 - a family. CLICK for another view.

Batemans Bay, SE NSW MVI_5570+5571 20190308

Serendip, Lara, S Vic MVI_0389 20190611

Edithvale Wetlands, S Vic IMG_4507 20220522 - male dabbling.