Grey Teal

Anas is Latin for duck. Gracilis is Latin for thin or slender.

Kalyong (kal’yawng).

Found throughout Australia but rarer in the drier interior.

Up to 44 centimetres long with a 67 centimetre wingspan.

The furthest distance recorded by the Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme for this species of bird to travel is 3,184 km. The oldest bird recorded was still alive when its band was read in August 1989, 31 years 8.3 months after being banded (information as at 14 June 2012).

What Bird is That? Neville W Cayley. 1978

Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Various contributors.

Aboriginal names of bird species in south-west Western Australia, with suggestions for their adoption into common usage. Ian Abbott. 2009. Conservation Science Western Australia Journal. Volume 7 No 2 https://library.dbca.wa.gov.au/Journals/080559/080559-07.015.pdf

Western Australian Plant Names and their Meanings, a Glossary. FA Sharr. 1996.

Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/science/abbbs/abbbs-search.html

Atlas of Living Australia https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/b6f1a62e-55fa-4fa6-9e08-74003d6b704b