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Brown teal

Anas chlorotis G. R. Gray, 1845

NTNear Threatenedwaterfowl

The brown teal (Anas chlorotis) is a species in the family Anatidae, order Anseriformes. Recorded adults weigh 410 g to 521 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Near Threatened.

Brown teal (Anas chlorotis)
Photo: Diego Tirira from Quito, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the brown teal

Weight
410 g – 521 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Herbivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
wetlandsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
28 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
5.5src for Young per litter or clutch
Litters or clutches a year
1src for Litters or clutches a year
Lifestyle
Aquaticsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the brown teal live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The brown teal is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the brown teal?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The brown teal (Anas chlorotis; Māori: pāteke) is a species of dabbling duck of the genus Anas native to New Zealand. It was long considered conspecific with the flightless Auckland and Campbell teals as Anas aucklandica; the name "brown teal" has also been largely applied to that entire taxon. Common in the early years of European colonisation, the species was heavily harvested as a food source. Its numbers quickly fell, especially in the South Island, and in 1921 it became fully protected. Captive breeding and releasing into predator-controlled areas was successful in establishing localised re-introduced populations after 2003.

From the Wikipedia article “Brown teal” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brown_teal&oldid=1362516001), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the brown teal endangered?

The brown teal is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List: it is close to qualifying as threatened.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Near Threatened species.

How is the brown teal classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderAnseriformes
  5. familyAnatidae
  6. genusAnas
  7. SpeciesAnas chlorotis G. R. Gray, 1845

Synonyms Anas aucklandica chlorotis, Elasmonetta chlorotis peculiaris

Other names and names in other languages (41)
  • Brown duckEnglish
  • بط بنيArabic
  • حذف بنيArabic
  • xarxet de Nova ZelandaCatalan
  • čírka novozélandskáCzech
  • Newzealandsk BrunandDanish
  • GrünohrenteGerman
  • AucklandenteGerman
  • Campbell-EnteGerman
  • Neuseeland-EnteGerman
  • Neuseeland-KastanienenteGerman
  • NeuseelandenteGerman
  • novzelanda anasoEsperanto
  • Pato marrónSpanish
  • cerceta de Nueva ZelandaSpanish
  • Cerceta maoríSpanish
  • cerceta pardaSpanish
  • pateke-piilpartEstonian
  • ruskotaviFinnish
  • Canard de Nouvelle-ZélandeFrench
  • Sarcelle de Nouvelle-ZélandeFrench
  • ברווז חוםHebrew
  • maorska kržuljaCroatian
  • Alzavola brunaItalian
  • チャイロコガモJapanese
  • rudoji kryklėLithuanian
  • PātekeMāori
  • Bruine TalingDutch
  • Auckland talingDutch
  • kobberandNorwegian
  • cyraneczka rdzawaPolish
  • marrequinha-maoriPortuguese
  • marrequinho-castanhoPortuguese
  • Бурый чирокRussian
  • kačica hnedáSlovak
  • Novozelandska krdžaSerbian
  • brunkrickaSwedish
  • PatekeTurkish
  • чирянка каштанововолаUkrainian
  • 褐鸭Chinese
  • 棕腹鴨Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataWoRMSIUCN Red List

Relatives of the brown teal

Other species in the same genus Anas.

LC, Least Concern
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)

Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos

Anatidae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the brown teal?

An adult brown teal weighs 410 g – 521 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the brown teal live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the brown teal for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the brown teal endangered?

The brown teal is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is close to qualifying as threatened.

What kind of animal is the brown teal?

The brown teal (Anas chlorotis) belongs to the family Anatidae in the order Anseriformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Brown teal (Anas chlorotis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/brown-teal

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BibTeX
@misc{brown_teal_2026,
  title = {Brown teal (Anas chlorotis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/brown-teal},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}