Chestnut Teal | Animalz

Chestnut TealIn breeding plumage, the male has a chestnut head and neck with a green sheen on the crown, while the female is mottled brown. The species searches shallow water in Australian wetlands and estuaries.What does it look like?In breeding plumage, the male has a chestnut head and neck with a green sheen on the crown. The female is brown overall and mottled.How does it live?In breeding plumage, the male has a chestnut head and neck with a green sheen on the crown, while the female is mottled brown. The species searches shallow water in Australian wetlands and estuaries.It feeds at shallow margins and along the water's edge with the tides, taking aquatic plants and small animals. It also feeds in highly saline water.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.