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Silver Teal

Anas versicolor

Description:

The silver teal male and female ducks have are easily identified because of their beautifully double colored beak: orange and blue, double colored head: dark brown and whitish beige, and double colored feathers of the body: brown and beige. In this case several of them swam calmly while sharing a peaceful and acquatic moment with other fellow animals.

Habitat:

It can be seen around Southamerica. These ones were spotted at the Capybara´s lake in "Parque Lecocq" reserve.

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8 Comments

patty
patty 11 years ago

...and all the mini invertebrates one that we can´t see ;)
Greetings Jimmy and thank you for the comment.

jimmy76
jimmy76 11 years ago

Wow you got three different animals in one picture

patty
patty 11 years ago

Hola Marta, ¿si? Por el lado de los Texeira, ¿conocés Uruguay entonces?

The MnMs
The MnMs 11 years ago

Que bonito! Sabes que mi familia materna son de Uruguay?

patty
patty 11 years ago

And the jacana... I thought so too María =)

Maria dB
Maria dB 11 years ago

How cool to get ducks and capybaras together!

patty
patty 11 years ago

The silver teal is a duck, next to it you may find a capybara. Here you have some other pictures of it:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/121...
Then, you also have a bird which is a jacana. Here you have another picture too:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/119...
Greetings and thank you for the comment

Steven Sheppard
Steven Sheppard 11 years ago

Cool bird. What is that thing on the shore though?

patty
Spotted by
patty

Uruguay

Spotted on Jul 1, 2012
Submitted on Aug 25, 2012

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