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title: "Brown Teal"
description: "Anas chlorotis — Uccelli. The brown teal (Anas chlorotis; Māori: pāteke) is a species of dabbling duck of the genus Anas native to New Zealand."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/brown-teal
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Brown Teal

> Anas chlorotis — Uccelli. The brown teal (Anas chlorotis; Māori: pāteke) is a species of dabbling duck of the genus Anas native to New Zealand.

- Scientific name: *Anas chlorotis*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Laghi e fiumi)
- iNaturalist observations: 1577
- Wikidata: [Q510465](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q510465)
- iNaturalist taxon: [72502](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/72502)

## Names

- en: Brown Teal
- de: Neuseelandente
- es: Cerceta maorí
- fr: Sarcelle de Nouvelle-Zélande
- nl: Bruine taling
- pt: Marrequinho-castanho
- pl: Cyraneczka rdzawa

## Countries with the most observations

NZ (1463)

## Summary

The brown teal (Anas chlorotis; Māori: pāteke) is a species of dabbling duck of the genus Anas native to New Zealand. It was long considered conspecific with the flightless Auckland and Campbell teals as Anas aucklandica; the name "brown teal" has also been largely applied to that entire taxon. Common in the early years of European colonisation, the species was heavily harvested as a food source. Its numbers quickly fell, especially in the South Island, and in 1921 it became fully protected. Captive breeding and releasing into predator-controlled areas was successful in establishing localised re-introduced populations…

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

## Photo

![Brown Teal](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/brown-teal/medium.jpg)

Photo: kblankley · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4478076

## Machine access

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