Spatula puna
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In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
The Puna teal (Spatula puna) is a species of dabbling duck in the family Anatidae. It was at one time regarded as a subspecies of the silver teal (Spatula versicolor). The Puna teal is resident in the Andes of Peru, western Bolivia, northern Chile, and extreme northwestern Argentina. It is found on the larger lakes and pools in the altiplano.
The status of the Puna teal is Least Concern, as listed on the IUCN Red List. The first formal description of the Puna teal was by the Swiss naturalist Johann Jakob von Tschudi in 1844 under the binomial name Anas puna. It was at one time considered a subspecies of the silver teal in the genus Anas.
A molecular phylogenetic study comparing mitochondrial DNA sequences published in 2009 found that the genus Anas, as then defined, was non-monophyletic. This resulted in the split of the genus into four monophyletic genera with ten species, including the Puna teal, which moved into the resurrected genus Spatula. This marked the change of the Puna teal from a subspecies into a monotypic species. The genus Spatula was originally proposed by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie in 1822. The name Spatula is the Latin for a "spoon" or "spatula... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lauca National Park | 🇨🇱 Chile |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cochabamba | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 2 | La Paz | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 3 | Lima | 🇵🇪 Peru |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Disney's Animal Kingdom | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Busch Gardens Tampa | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | San Diego Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | ZooParc de Beauval | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 5 | Leipzig Zoological Garden | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 6 | Dresden Zoo | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 7 | Zoo Miami | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Minnesota Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Bronx Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Brookfield Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 11 | Sedgwick County Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 12 | Chester Zoo | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 13 | Slimbridge Wetland Centre | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 14 | Zoologischer Garten Leipzig | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 15 | Fort Worth Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 16 | Wilhelma | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 17 | Houston Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 18 | Centro Cicogne e Anatidi | 🇮🇹 Italy | |
| 19 | San Antonio Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 20 | Cologne Zoological Garden | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 21 | Fresno Chaffee Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 22 | Lincoln Park Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 23 | Staten Island Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 24 | Brandywine Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 25 | National Aviary | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 26 | Dallas World Aquarium | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 27 | Cologne Zoo Aquarium | 🇩🇪 Germany |
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Puna Teal sighting in Lauca National Park on a given day, based on 709 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 14th most-seen of the 112 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.
February and July
In those months about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Puna Teal in Lauca National Park on a given day, against about 40% in May and August–September, the lowest months. Those are among Lauca National Park's wettest months, with about 75 mm of rain a month against almost none in May.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Puna 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.
Only Lauca National Park, in our data
Lauca National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Puna Teal sightings: about 50% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Puna Teal is recorded against all the birds logged in Lauca National Park (709 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.
