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Yellow-billed teal

Anas flavirostris Vieillot, 1816

LCLeast Concernwaterfowl

The yellow-billed teal (Anas flavirostris) is a species in the family Anatidae, order Anseriformes. Recorded adults weigh 394 g to 439.5 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Yellow-billed teal (Anas flavirostris)
Photo: Shanthanu Bhardwaj · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the yellow-billed teal

Weight
394 g – 439.5 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Herbivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
wetlandsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
23.5 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
6.4src 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
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the yellow-billed teal live?

Not recorded

What is the yellow-billed teal?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The yellow-billed teal (Anas flavirostris) is a South American species of duck. Like other teals, it belongs to the diverse genus Anas; more precisely it is one of the "true" teals of subgenus Nettion. It occurs in Argentina, the Falkland Islands, Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Uruguay, and Brazil. It has also established itself in South Georgia, where it was first recorded breeding in 1971, and has been recorded as far east as Tristan da Cunha. It inhabits freshwater wetlands, preferring palustrine habitat to rivers. Considering its wide range and local abundance, it is not considered threatened by the IUCN.

From the Wikipedia article “Yellow-billed teal” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yellow-billed_teal&oldid=1325229373), 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 yellow-billed teal endangered?

The yellow-billed 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 yellow-billed teal classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderAnseriformes
  5. familyAnatidae
  6. genusAnas
  7. SpeciesAnas flavirostris Vieillot, 1816
Other names and names in other languages (37)
  • Speckled tealEnglish
  • Speckled/Chilean tealEnglish
  • xarxet becgrocCatalan
  • čírka kropenatáCzech
  • corhwyaden ChileWelsh
  • Gulnæbbet KrikandDanish
  • SüdandenenteGerman
  • Anden-EnteGerman
  • BraunkopfenteGerman
  • Chile-KrickenteGerman
  • makula anasoEsperanto
  • Pato barcinoSpanish
  • Cerceta barcinaSpanish
  • koldnokk-piilpartEstonian
  • harmaataviFinnish
  • Canard tachetéFrench
  • Sarcelle du ChiliFrench
  • Sarcelle tachetéeFrench
  • pjegavoprsa kržuljaCroatian
  • dél-amerikai csörgő réceHungarian
  • Alzavola marezzataItalian
  • キバシコガモJapanese
  • geltonsnapė kryklėLithuanian
  • Chilie talingDutch
  • Chileense TalingDutch
  • gulnebbkrikkandNorwegian
  • cyraneczka żółtodziobaPolish
  • marreca-pardinhaPortuguese
  • marrequinha-de-bico-amareloPortuguese
  • Желтоклювый чирокRussian
  • kačica žltozobáSlovak
  • Žutokljuna krdžaSerbian
  • gulnäbbad krickaSwedish
  • Sarı Gagalı ÇamurcunTurkish
  • чирянка жовтодзьобаUkrainian
  • 黄嘴鸭Chinese
  • 斑頭綠翅鴨〔黃嘴鴨〕Chinese

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Relatives of the yellow-billed 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 yellow-billed teal?

An adult yellow-billed teal weighs 394 g – 439.5 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the yellow-billed teal endangered?

The yellow-billed teal is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the yellow-billed teal?

The yellow-billed teal (Anas flavirostris) belongs to the family Anatidae in the order Anseriformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

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

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BibTeX
@misc{yellow_billed_teal_2026,
  title = {Yellow-billed teal (Anas flavirostris)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellow-billed-teal},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}