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Chestnut teal

Anas castanea (Eyton, 1838)

LCLeast Concernwaterfowl

The chestnut teal (Anas castanea), also called the chestnut-breasted teal, is a waterfowl in the bird family Anatidae. It belongs to the small size class, and adults typically weigh about 624 g.

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Quick facts about the chestnut teal

It is an omnivore of wetland, and its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern, which is not a threatened category.

Weight
590 g – 683 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Aquatic predatorsrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
wetlandsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
26 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
8.4 – 9.5src for Young per litter or clutch
Litters or clutches a year
1src for Litters or clutches a year
Lifestyle
Aquaticsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Partialsrc for Migration
Brain mass
3.66 g – 3.86 g (0.595% of body mass)src for Brain mass
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Photos of the chestnut teal

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Where does the chestnut 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 chestnut 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

Why a country list is not a range map

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

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the chestnut teal as introduced in 4 countries.

  1. Belgium
  2. Germany
  3. Poland
  4. United Kingdom

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

What is the chestnut teal?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The chestnut teal (Anas castanea) is a dabbling duck found in Australia. It is protected under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974.

From the Wikipedia article “Chestnut teal” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chestnut_teal&oldid=1361796145), 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 chestnut teal endangered?

The chestnut teal is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  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 Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the chestnut teal classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderAnseriformes
  5. familyAnatidae
  6. genusAnas
  7. SpeciesAnas castanea (Eyton, 1838)

Synonyms Anas gracilipes, Anas punctata, Anas strenua, Mareca castanea, Micronetta punctata, Nettapus eyrensis, Nettion gracilipes, Nettion strenuum, Virago castanea alexanderi

Other names and names in other languages (33)
  • Chestnut-breasted tealEnglish
  • حذف كستنائيArabic
  • xarxet de TasmàniaCatalan
  • čírka kaštanováCzech
  • corhwyaden winauWelsh
  • KastanjeandDanish
  • KastanienenteGerman
  • kaŝtana anasoEsperanto
  • Pato castañoSpanish
  • Cerceta castañaSpanish
  • kastan-piilpartEstonian
  • australiantaviFinnish
  • Canard rouxFrench
  • Sarcelle rousseFrench
  • ברווז ערמוניHebrew
  • riđoprsa kržuljaCroatian
  • gesztenyebarna réceHungarian
  • Alzavola castanaItalian
  • Anatra castana australianaItalian
  • アオクビコガモJapanese
  • kaštoninė kryklėLithuanian
  • KastanjetalingDutch
  • cyraneczka kasztanowataPolish
  • marreca-castanhaPortuguese
  • marrequinha-castanhaPortuguese
  • Каштановый чирокRussian
  • kačica gaštanováSlovak
  • Kestenjasta krdžaSerbian
  • kastanjekrickaSwedish
  • Kızıl ÇamurcunTurkish
  • чирянка австралійськаUkrainian
  • 栗胸鴨Chinese
  • 栗胸鸭Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataWoRMSIUCN Red List

Relatives of the chestnut teal

Other species in the same genus Anas.

LC, Least Concern
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)

Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos

Anatidae

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Common questions

Each answer is written from the sourced facts on this page, and only where they hold the answer.

How heavy is the chestnut teal?

Adults typically weigh about 624 g. It belongs to the small size class.

What kind of animal is the chestnut teal?

It is a bird, a waterfowl in the family Anatidae. Its scientific name is Anas castanea.

Is the chestnut teal endangered?

No. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern (LC), which is not a threatened category.

How many eggs does the chestnut teal lay?

A clutch has 9 or 10 eggs, with 1 clutch per year. The eggs are incubated for 26 days.

Does the chestnut teal migrate?

It is partially migratory. Its habitat is wetland.

Is the chestnut teal an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the chestnut teal as introduced in 4 countries: Belgium, Germany, Poland and United Kingdom, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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CreatureData. (2026). Chestnut teal (Anas castanea). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/chestnut-teal

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BibTeX
@misc{chestnut_teal_2026,
  title = {Chestnut teal (Anas castanea)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/chestnut-teal},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}