Bernier's Teal

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Bernier's Teal

Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Genus: Anas
Species: A. bernieri
Binomial name
Anas bernieri
(Hartlaub, 1860)

Bernier's Teal Anas bernieri (also known as Madagascar Teal) is a duck species of the genus Anas. It is endemic to Madagascar.

The binomial commemorates the French surgeon Chevalier J A Bernier.

References

This bird is threaten from extinction because of trapping, shooting and forest destruction.

This bird lives in wetlands of western Madagascar.

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