Pāteke — Brown Teal

Anas chlorotis

The brown teal is a species of dabbling duck of the genus Anas native to New Zealand. It was long considered conspecific with the flightless Auckland and Campbell teals as Anas aucklandica; the name "brown teal" has also been largely applied to that entire taxon. Common in the early years of European colonisation, the species was heavily harvested as a food source. Its numbers quickly fell, especially in the South Island, and in 1921 it became fully protected. Captive breeding and releasing into predator-controlled areas was successful in establishing localised re-introduced populations after 2003.

Ko te Pāteke he manu waimāori o Aotearoa. He rakiraki iti, he hāura ngā huruhuru, he āhua rite ki te pārera. Ko te māhunga o te tame he porouri, he kāriki whakaataata hoki.

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