🐾 What Animal Lives Where

Where does the Silver Teal live?

Spatula versicolor has 69,004 records in 20 countries and territories, from 1875 to 2026. Most records come from Argentina.

AnimaliaChordataAvesAnseriformesAnatidaeSpatula

When it is recorded

JFMAMJJASOND

Peak month: October. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Argentina 46,582
Uruguay 8,309
Brazil 6,256
Chile 5,272
Falkland Islands 998
Paraguay 481
Belgium 405
Netherlands 268
Bolivia 209
Peru 84
Germany 52
France 51
United States 12
United Kingdom 8
Austria 5
United Arab Emirates 4
Switzerland 2
Italy 2
ZZ 2
Nigeria 1

Related animals

Others in the family Anatidae.

Mallard
Mallard
29,616,183 records
Canada Goose (canadensis Group)
Canada Goose (canadensis Group)
23,288,753 records
Green-winged Teal
Green-winged Teal
7,563,353 records
Gadwall
Gadwall
6,883,637 records
Mute Swan
Mute Swan
6,712,550 records
Northern Shoveler
Northern Shoveler
6,486,138 records
Common Goldeneye
Common Goldeneye
5,959,713 records
Common Merganser
Common Merganser
5,689,444 records
Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.