Anas erythrorhyncha
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The red-billed teal or red-billed duck (Anas erythrorhyncha) is a dabbling duck which is an abundant resident breeder in southern and eastern Africa. typically south of 10° S. This duck is not migratory, but flies great distances to find suitable waters. It is highly gregarious outside the breeding season and forms large flocks.
The red-billed teal was formally described in 1789 by 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, geese, and swans in the genus Anas and coined the binomial name Anas erythrorhyncha. Gmelin based his description on the "crimson-billed duck" that had been described in 1785 by English ornithologist John Latham in his A General Synopsis of Birds. Latham specied the type locality as the Cape of Good Hope. The genus name Anas is the Latin word for a duck. The specific epithet erythrorhyncha combines the Ancient Greek eruthros meaning "red" with rhunkhos meaning "bill". The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.
The red-billed teal is 43–48 cm (17–19 in) long and has a blackish cap and nape, contrasting pale face... Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antananarivo | 🇲🇬 Madagascar | |
| 2 | Maputo | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | |
| 3 | Cape Town | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Harare | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 5 | Pretoria | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 6 | Johannesburg | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Disney's Animal Kingdom | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | San Diego Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Tierpark Berlin | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 4 | Zürich Zoo | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | |
| 5 | Slimbridge Wetland Centre | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 6 | Cologne Zoological Garden | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 7 | World of Birds Wildlife Sanctuary and Monkey Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 8 | Lemur Island | 🇲🇬 Madagascar | |
| 9 | Birds of Eden | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 10 | Cologne Zoo Aquarium | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 11 | Zooparque Itatiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Red-billed Teal sighting in iSimangaliso Wetland Park on a given day, based on 246 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 130th most-seen of the 351 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March–June and October
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Red-billed Teal in iSimangaliso Wetland Park on a given day, against under 5% in July, the lowest month.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red-billed Teal sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
12th of 29
Of the 29 parks where we can rate Red-billed Teal sightings, iSimangaliso Wetland Park ranks 12th at about 10%. The best odds are in Amboseli National Park (Kenya, about 50%), Hwange National Park (Zimbabwe, about 40%) and Ngorongoro Conservation Area (Tanzania, about 30%). All parks ranked.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Red-billed Teal is recorded against all the birds logged in iSimangaliso Wetland Park (246 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.
