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Brown Teal an endangered endemic New Zealand duck
Description
Brown Teal (Anas chlorotis), or pateke, is an endemic New Zealand species which was historically distributed throughout the lowland freshwater wetlands of the New Zealand mainland and occurred on many offshore islands, but is now largely restricted to Great Barrier Island and the east coast of Northland. Fewer than 1200 brown teal now exist in the wild, making the species the rarest waterfowl on the New Zealand mainland. The Department of Conservation has classified it as a Nationally Endangered species, and, based on IUCN criteria it is internationally classified as Endangered.
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