Appearance: - The Yellow-billed Teal has a black speckled light-brown head and neck, dark-brown eyes, a yellow beak with black running down the middle, a dark-brown back with pale edges to the feathers, a pale-brown breast with black spots, the underparts, flanks, rump and tail are pale-brown, the wings are grey-brown with a white-bordered dark metallic green speculum, and grey legs and feet. Both sexes are similar but the female is slightly duller.
Size: - Typical Adult is 38-43cm (15-17in).
Food: - Insects, larvae, crustaceans, aquatic vegetation, seeds, and roots.
Habitat/Range: - Freshwater wetlands, lakes, and marshes in South America - highlands of central Peru to northern Chile and Argentina.
Breeding Habitat/Resident, 
Migration or Winter Area.Breeding Season: - August to September in the south but varies throughout South America.
Eggs: - 5 to 8 (creamy buff colour).
Notes: - The Yellow-billed Teal is a small South American dabbling duck. The Sharp-winged Teal (Anas Flavirostris Oxyptera) and Chilean Teal (Anas Flavirostris Flavirostris) are both sub-species of the Yellow-billed Teal (Anas flavirostris).
Conservation status (IUCN 3.1):
Least Concern.
Classification: - Family: Anatidae,
Subfamily: Anatinae, Genus: Anas.
