Anas erythrorhyncha
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
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 |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Red-billed Teal sighting in Lake Nakuru National Park on a given day, based on 254 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 81st most-seen of the 369 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Red-billed Teal in Lake Nakuru National Park on a given day, against about 10% in March, the lowest month. That is one of Lake Nakuru National Park's wettest months, with about 120 mm of rain against 20 mm in February.
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.
4th of 29
Of the 29 parks where we can rate Red-billed Teal sightings, Lake Nakuru National Park ranks 4th at about 20%. 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.
Same genus: Anas
The closest relatives of the Red-billed Teal that you can see in Lake Nakuru National Park (genus Anas, Mallards, Pintails, and Allies) are Yellow-billed Duck (about 30%) and Cape Teal (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Red-billed Teal is recorded against all the birds logged in Lake Nakuru National Park (254 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.
