Brown Teal | Animalz

Brown TealThe Brown Teal is endemic to New Zealand. Breeding males show a green sheen on the head and a dark chestnut breast; the species is now mostly restricted to the northern North Island.What does it look like?Breeding males have a faint green sheen on the head, a dark chestnut breast, and conspicuously barred flanks. Females and juveniles are uniformly dull, dark brown.How does it live?The Brown Teal is endemic to New Zealand. Breeding males show a green sheen on the head and a dark chestnut breast; the species is now mostly restricted to the northern North Island.It now often uses farm ponds and small streams with overhanging vegetation for feeding and breeding. Some birds also feed in estuaries on Great Barrier Island.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.