Auckland Island teal  (Anas aucklandica)

Range

The Auckland Island teal is found in the Auckland Island group of New Zealand, with permanent populations on Ewing, Enderby, Rose, Ocean, Adams, Disappointment and Dundas Islands. Formerly bred on Auckland Island itself, where records exist up until the 1940s (6).

View a distribution map for this species at UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.

Habitat

Primarily found along sheltered coastlines, using dense coastal vegetation as nesting cover (6). May retreat 100 to 200 m up small streams or to kelp beds and coastal pools for daytime cover, but forage on the shorelines after dark (5) (6).

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