HOTTENTOT TEAL 
ANAS PUNCTATA Bubchell 
(Plate 38) 
Synonymy 
Anas punctata Burchell, Travels in Interior So, Africa, vol. 1, p. 283, note, 1822. 
Querquedula hottentota Smith, Cat. South African Mus., p. 37, 1837. 
Anas pileata Lichtenstein, Verzeichniss Saugethiere und Vogel, p. 20, 1842. 
Pterocyanea pileata Lichtenstein, Nomenclator Avium Mus. Berol., p. 102, 1854. 
Anas hottentota Schlegel, Mus. d’Hist. Nat, des Pays-Bas, Anseres, p. 60, 1866. 
Querquedula madagascariensis Grandidier, Rev. et Mag. de ZooL, ser. 2, vol. 19, pp. 
87, 255, 1867. 
Nettion hottentota G. R. Gray, Hand-list Birds, pt. 3, p. 83, 1871. 
Anas assimilis Hartlaub {ex Paris Mus.), Vogel Madagascar., p. 365, 1877. 
Querquedida punctata Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1880, pp. 522, 534. 
Querquedula pileata Schalow, Journ. f. Ornith., vol. 32, p. 177, 1884. 
Querquedula cyanorhyncha Schalow {ex Boehm, MS.), Journ. f. Ornith., vol. 32, 
p. 177, 1884. 
Nettion punctatum Salvador!, Cat. Birds British Mus., vol. 27, p. 265, 1895. 
Vernaculae Names 
English: Hottentot Teal, Spotted Teal. 
German: Gefleckte Ente. 
French: Sarcelle hottentote. 
Dutch: Gevlekte Eend. 
Hova: Sadakely, Kintokely, Fotsielatra. 
DESCRIPTION 
Adult Male: Upper part of the head down to the eyes black, sharply contrasted with the buff- 
colored cheeks and throat. The buff color extends back on each side toward the occiput, leaving a 
mottled gray area on the sides of the neck. Mantle and scapulars dark brown, mottled with black. 
Back and rump black; upper tail-coverts vermiculated; tail black. Lower parts dark brown, thickly 
spotted on the breast with black, and indistinctly barred on the abdomen with the same color. 
Under tail-coverts vermiculated. Wing-coverts black with a greenish gloss. Secondaries metallic 
green on their outer webs, forming a speculum, which is bounded posteriorly by a black and then by 
a broad white band. Primaries dark brown. Under wing-coverts black, except the median and 
greater, which are white like the axillars. 
Iris dark brown or black. Upper mandible black on the top, and bluish on the sides. L«egs and feet 
slaty-blue to black. 
Wing 140-160 mm.; bill 36; tarsus 28. 
