BRAZILIAN TEAL 
ANAS BEASIZIENSIS Gmelin 
(Plate 39) 
Synonymy 
Anas hrasiliensis Gmelin, Linne’s Systema Naturae, ed. 13, vol. 1, pt. 2, p. 517, 1788. 
Anas mareca Bonnaterre, Encyclop. Methodique, vol. 1, p. 152, 1791. 
Anas ipecutiri Vieillot, Nouveau Dietionnaire d’Hist. Nat., vol. 5, p. 120, 1816. 
Mareca hrasiliensis Stephens, General Zool., vol. 12, pt. 2, p. 138, 1824. 
Anas paturi Spix, Aves Brasil., vol. 2, p. 85, 1825. 
Anas notata Wied {ex Illiger, MS.), Beitrage z. Naturg. Brasil., vol. 4, p. 634, 1832. 
Querquedula erythrorhyncha Eyton (nee Gmelin), Monograph Anatidae, p. 127, 1838. 
Querquedula ipecutiri G. R. Gray, List Birds British Mus., vol. 3, p. 138, 1844. 
Querquedula novcB kispanias Reichenbach {nec Gmelin), Synopsis Avium, Natatores, 
pi. 110, fig. 981-982, 1845. 
Querquedula hrasiliensis Liehtenstein, Nomenclator Avium Mus. Beroh, p. 102, 1854. 
Nettion hrasiliensis G. R. Gray, Hand-list Birds, vol. 3, p. 84, 1871. 
Nettion hrasiliense Salvador!, Cat. Birds British Mus., vol. 27, p. 266, 1895. 
Vernacular Names 
English: Brazilian Teal. 
German: Brasilianische Krickente. 
French: Sareelle du Bresil. 
Dutch: Braziliaansche Taling. 
Brazilian: (Amazonia), Marreca-ananahy. 
Spanish: Ananahy, Pato azulijo, Patite de creciente, Pato portugues. 
Natives of British Guiana: Roppong. 
DESCRIPTION 
Adult Male : Anterior part of head brown; top of head, occiput and a band down upper side of neck 
black. Sides of the head, back of the eyes, and sides of neck, gray. Chin and throat brown. An 
irregular collar of black spots around the neck. Mantle and scapulars nearly uniform brown, with 
an olive tinge. Back and rump glossy black; upper tail-coverts light brown; tail black. Breast rusty 
brown, changing into a light gray on abdomen, all the lower surface being more or less marked with 
obsolete bars and spots. On the sides some large round black spots. Under tail-coverts like the 
abdomen. The wing is more brilliant and striking than in any other duck. Outer wing-coverts 
purplish black, except the last row of the greater ones, which are brilliant metallic green, like the 
outer secondaries. On the inner secondaries this green changes to dark purple or purplish green. The 
