Marble Teal Birds

The diet of marbled teal ducks is largely made up of seeds and insects like the diptera fly.

Marble teal birds.

Acrylic marble effect closeup of a brown marble teal in a park in south africa. Marble teal enjoy a long breeding season and in our aviaries they have nested as early as march and as late as august. The scientific name marmaronetta angustirostris comes from the greek marmaros marbled and netta a duck and latin angustus narrow or small and rostris billed. See more ideas about teal duck teal duck.

Nesting season spans april to late june each year and nests can often be found very close together near the water s edge. Marbled teal are usually found together in small groups and outside of breeding season sometimes in larger flocks of up to a few thousand birds. Nests usually consist of around 11 eggs each. This is a species that we have had success breeding in trios 1 male 2 hens.

State of the ibas 2014 baseline more technical info about the status of this important bird area. Marbled duck or marbled teal the marbled ducks marmaronetta angustirostris also known as marbled teals are medium sized diving ducks. The marbled duck or marbled teal marmaronetta angustirostris is a threatened medium sized species of duck from southern europe northern africa and western and central asia. However tunisia has become more important in recent years with large autumn pre migration gatherings of up to 4 000 birds in september october in the north oued rmal.

Abstract teal blue paint background. The males courtship displays are interesting and entertaining to watch. Until recently morocco hosted most of the wintering population of marbled teal 2 3 000 birds followed by algeria 350 400 birds and tunisia 200 birds green 1996b. For an interactive map and habitat and land ownership analysis of this iba visit the national audubon iba map and select.

Closeup of a brown marble teal in a park in birds of eden in south africa closeup of a brown marble teal in a park in south. National audubon profile page for marble canyon and vermilion cliffs iba. Mar 10 2020 explore tom s board teal duck on pinterest. This species is creamy white and spotted with.

They are relatively quiet ducks. They are most active in the early morning and evening and rest in the shelter of vegetation during the day.