Blue-billed Teal

Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Blue-billed Teal at stays in or beside Goukamma Nature Reserve, Kruger National Park, De Hoop Nature Reserve and Keurbooms River Nature Reserve. A record means a host has seen it on the property or nearby, which makes these the places to base yourself; it is never a guarantee of a sighting on any given day.

The Blue-billed Teal is most recorded in Western Cape (33% of records), Gauteng (29% of records), KwaZulu-Natal (22% of records), based on 580 iNaturalist observations. 20 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the Blue-billed Teal on site or nearby.

The Blue-billed Teal is recorded throughout the year, so no month is the wrong month to look for it. For the parks where hosts record it most, these are the best seasons they give. Goukamma Nature Reserve: year-round, warm Oct-Apr; Kruger National Park: Apr-Sep; De Hoop Nature Reserve: Sep-Apr, flowers Aug-Oct; Keurbooms River Nature Reserve: year-round. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.

The blue-billed teal, spotted teal or Hottentot teal (Spatula hottentota) is a species of dabbling duck of the genus Spatula. It is migratory resident in eastern and southern Africa, from Sudan and Ethiopia west to Niger and Nigeria and south to South Africa and Namibia. In west Africa and Madagascar it is sedentary.