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The Yellow-billed teal (Anas flavirostris) is a bird found in Argentina, Chile, Peru and Uruguay. Lakes and wetlands across South America, even high in the Andes. It eats insects and other small invertebrates, seeds and nuts and leaves and other plant parts. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

🏡 Where the Yellow-billed teal lives

Lakes and wetlands across South America, even high in the Andes.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🐛 Insects & bugs40%
• 🌰 Seeds & nuts30%
• 🌿 Leaves & plants30%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

Hear the Yellow-billed teal

Recorded by Rosendo Manuel Fraga (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC464524. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Yellow-billed teal

Where does the Yellow-billed teal live?

The Yellow-billed teal lives in Argentina, Chile, Peru and Uruguay. Lakes and wetlands across South America, even high in the Andes.

What does the Yellow-billed teal eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 40%), seeds and nuts (about 30%), leaves and other plant parts (about 30%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Yellow-billed teal endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

More birds from South America

• Blue-footed Booby
• Andean Condor
• Hyacinth Macaw
• Rufous Hornero
• Rufous-collared sparrow
• Southern giant petrel

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.