Amazonetta brasiliensis
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In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
The Brazilian teal or Brazilian duck (Amazonetta brasiliensis) is the only extant species of duck in the genus Amazonetta. It is widely distributed in eastern South America. The Brazilian teal was formally described in 1789 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in his revised and expanded edition of Carl Linnaeus's Systema Naturae. He placed it with all the other ducks, swans and geese in the genus Anas and coined the binomial name Anas brasiliensis. Gmelin based his description on the Mareca alia species (the second Mareca) that was described in 1648 by the German naturalist Georg Marcgrave in his Historia Naturalis Brasiliae. The Brazilian teal is now the only living species placed in the genus Amazonetta that was introduced by the German zoologist Hans von Boetticher in 1929.
It was formerly considered a perching duck, but more recent analyses indicate that it belongs to a clade of South American dabbling ducks which also includes the crested duck, the bronze-winged duck, and possibly the steamer ducks.
Two subspecies are recognised: Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | El Palmar National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 3 | El Impenetrable National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 5 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Serra da Canastra National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 8 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 9 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 11 | Chapada Diamantina National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 12 | Itatiaia National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rosario | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Curitiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 4 | Goiânia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 7 | Belo Horizonte | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Brasilia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Belém | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Fortaleza | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Brazilian Teal sighting in Iberá National Park on a given day, based on 1,064 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 23rd most-seen of the 284 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March, May and September–October
In those months about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Brazilian Teal in Iberá National Park on a given day, against about 40% in June, the lowest month.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Brazilian Teal sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 12 parks where we can rate Brazilian Teal sightings, Iberá National Park has the highest daily chance: about 50%. Next come El Palmar National Park (Argentina, about 30%) and El Impenetrable National Park (Argentina, about 20%).
Same family: Anatidae
The closest relatives of the Brazilian Teal that you can see in Iberá National Park (family Anatidae, Ducks, Geese, and Swans) are White-faced Whistling Duck (about 40%), Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (about 30%) and Muscovy Duck (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Brazilian Teal is recorded against all the birds logged in Iberá National Park (1,064 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
