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title: "Cerceta hotentote"
description: "Spatula hottentota — Aves. La cerceta hotentote,​ cerceta de hottentot o cerceta joi (Spatula hottentota, sin."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/blue-billed-teal
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Cerceta hotentote

> Spatula hottentota — Aves. La cerceta hotentote,​ cerceta de hottentot o cerceta joi (Spatula hottentota, sin.

- Scientific name: *Spatula hottentota*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lagos y ríos)
- iNaturalist observations: 1204
- Wikidata: [Q28106807](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28106807)
- iNaturalist taxon: [558430](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/558430)

## Names

- en: Blue-billed Teal
- de: Pünktchenente
- es: Cerceta hotentote
- fr: Sarcelle hottentote

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (594), TZ (141), KE (114), BW (64), MG (47), NA (42), ET (26), ZW (24), ZM (20), MW (14), MZ (8), UG (8)

## Summary

La cerceta hotentote,​ cerceta de hottentot o cerceta joi (Spatula hottentota, sin. Punanetta hottentota, anteriormente Anas hottentota) es una especie de ave anseriforme de la  familia Anatidae. Se encuentra ampliamente distribuida en África al sur del Sahara, incluida Madagascar.​ No se reconocen subespecies.​

Text: Wikipedia (es), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spatula_hottentota

## Photo

![Cerceta hotentote](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/blue-billed-teal/medium.jpg)

Photo: Лариса Артемьева · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/252029174

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/blue-billed-teal?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).