Amazonetta brasiliensis
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
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 |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Brazilian Teal sighting in Serra da Canastra National Park on a given day, based on 16 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 225th most-seen of the 294 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Brazilian Teal in Serra da Canastra National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October to August, the lowest months. That is one of Serra da Canastra National Park's driest months, with about 45 mm of rain against 280 mm in January.
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.
6th of 12
Of the 12 parks where we can rate Brazilian Teal sightings, Serra da Canastra National Park ranks 6th at under 5%. The best odds are in Iberá National Park (Argentina, about 50%), 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 Serra da Canastra National Park (family Anatidae, Ducks, Geese, and Swans) are Brazilian Merganser (about 20%) and Muscovy Duck (about 10%), 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 Serra da Canastra National Park (16 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.
