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    • South Island brown teal/pāteke (Anas chlorotis) New Zealand duck
    Rights: Public domain Published 24 May 2017 Size: 3.5 MB Referencing Hub media

    The brown teal/pāteke (Anas chlorotis) is one of the rarest ducks in New Zealand. The South Island subspecies is now extinct, and the North Island subspecies is at risk – recovering, with the lowest numbers of any duck on the mainland.

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