Baikal Teal

The Baikal teal is a dabbling duck 39 to 43cm long and about 500g, slightly larger and longer-tailed than the common teal. The breeding male is unmistakable, with a striking green nape, yellow and black face patches, a dark crown and a light brown, dark-spotted breast with grey sides set off by white bars. The female looks like a female green-winged teal but has a longer tail and a white spot at the base of the bill (Wikipedia, general species account).

In eclipse plumage the drake looks more like the female but is a much richer reddish-brown. It breeds in the forest zone of eastern Siberia and winters in South Korea, Japan, Taiwan and China. The sources opened do not describe it in Nepal.