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title: "Baikal Teal"
description: "Sibirionetta formosa — Vogels. The Baikal teal (Sibirionetta formosa), also called the bimaculate duck or squawk duck, is a dabbling duck that breeds in eastern Russia and winters in East Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/baikal-teal
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Baikal Teal

> Sibirionetta formosa — Vogels. The Baikal teal (Sibirionetta formosa), also called the bimaculate duck or squawk duck, is a dabbling duck that breeds in eastern Russia and winters in East Asia.

- Scientific name: *Sibirionetta formosa*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 1500
- Wikidata: [Q27461190](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27461190)
- iNaturalist taxon: [558428](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/558428)

## Names

- en: Baikal Teal
- de: Gluckente
- es: Cerceta del Baikal
- fr: Sarcelle élégante
- pl: Bajkałówka

## Countries with the most observations

KR (282), JP (260), CN (179), RU (92), TW (36), GB (28), NL (24), IN (17), HK (15), AT (13), CA (13), DK (10)

## Summary

The Baikal teal (Sibirionetta formosa), also called the bimaculate duck or squawk duck, is a dabbling duck that breeds in eastern Russia and winters in East Asia.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: petehawkins · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/116678138

## Machine access

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