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unusual facts about Grey Teal


Grey Duck

Grey Teal, a duck found in New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, Vanuatu and Solomon Islands


Lake Sylvester System

Some 2262 km2 of the lake system and its surrounds has been identified as a by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area (IBA) because it has supported breeding colonies of the Letter-winged Kites and over 1% of the world populations of Plumed Whistling-Ducks, Grey Teals, Hardheads, Little Black Cormorants, Australian Pelicans, Straw-necked Ibises, Eurasian Coots, Oriental Plovers, Gull-billed Terns and Flock Bronzewings.

Reedy Lake

Other waterbirds with recorded counts of over 1000 at some time include the Australian Shelduck, Pacific Black Duck, Australasian Shoveler, Grey and Chestnut Teal, Purple Swamphen, Eurasian Coot, Red-necked Stint, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Silver Gull and Whiskered Tern.

Strzelecki Desert Lakes Important Bird Area

The site has been identified by BirdLife International as an IBA because it has supported significant numbers of Freckled and Pink-eared Ducks, Grey Teals, Hardheads, Australian Pelicans, Banded Stilts, Red-necked Avocets and Caspian Terns.


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