Swamp teal

Weight

240 g – 276.4 g

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

Not recorded

Diet

Omnivore

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

wetland

Egg incubation

22 days

Young per litter or clutch

7.1

Litters or clutches a year

1

Lifestyle

Generalist

Migration

Sedentary

Conservation status

Not recorded

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderAnseriformes
5. familyAnatidae
6. genusSpatula
7. SpeciesSpatula hottentota (Eyton, 1838)

Synonyms Anas hottentota, Anas punctata, Anas punctata delacouri, Punanetta hottentota, Querquedula hottentota

Catalogue of Life

LC, Least Concern

Northern shoveler

Spatula clypeata

Anatidae

LC, Least Concern

Garganey

Spatula querquedula

Anatidae

T

Teal

Spatula discors

AnatidaeNo free photo yet

C

Cinnamon teal

Spatula cyanoptera

AnatidaeNo free photo yet

R

Red shoveler

Spatula platalea

AnatidaeNo free photo yet

A

Australian shoveler

Spatula rhynchotis

AnatidaeNo free photo yet

CompareSwamp teal vs Northern shovelerSwamp teal vs GarganeySwamp teal vs TealSwamp teal vs Cinnamon teal

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@misc{swamp_teal_2026,
  title = {Swamp teal (Spatula hottentota)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/swamp-teal},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}