Anas erythrorhyncha
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
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 Tsavo East National Park on a given day, based on 33 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 203rd most-seen of the 345 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and December
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Red-billed Teal in Tsavo East National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January, March, May and July–October, the lowest months. Those are among Tsavo East National Park's wettest months, with about 85 mm of rain a month against 10 mm in July.
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.
17th of 29
Of the 29 parks where we can rate Red-billed Teal sightings, Tsavo East National Park ranks 17th 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.
Same family: Anatidae
The closest relatives of the Red-billed Teal that you can see in Tsavo East National Park (family Anatidae, Ducks, Geese, and Swans) are Egyptian Goose (about 50%), Comb Duck (about 10%) and White-faced Whistling Duck (about 10%), 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 Tsavo East National Park (33 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.
