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title: "Chestnut Teal"
description: "Anas castanea — Uccelli. The chestnut teal (Anas castanea) is a dabbling duck found in Australia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/chestnut-teal
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Chestnut Teal

> Anas castanea — Uccelli. The chestnut teal (Anas castanea) is a dabbling duck found in Australia.

- Scientific name: *Anas castanea*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Laghi e fiumi)
- iNaturalist observations: 14918
- Wikidata: [Q589750](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q589750)
- iNaturalist taxon: [6958](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/6958)

## Names

- en: Chestnut Teal
- de: Kastanienente
- es: Cerceta castaña
- fr: Sarcelle rousse
- nl: Kastanjetaling
- pl: Cyraneczka kasztanowata

## Countries with the most observations

AU (14572), NZ (7)

## Summary

The chestnut teal (Anas castanea) is a dabbling duck found in Australia. It is protected under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: John Cull · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/186239431

## Machine access

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