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Bowker-Wright, G.M., Bell, B.D., Ritchie, P.A. and Williams, M. 2012. Captive breeding and release diminishes genetic diversity in Brown teal Anas chlorotis, an endangered New Zealand duck. Wildfowl 62: 176-189.
Daugherty, C. H.; Williams, M.; Hay, J. M. 1999. Genetic differentiation, taxonomy and conservation of Australasian teals Anas spp. Bird Conservation International 9: 29-42.
Department of Conservation. 2011. Pateke survival guide. Department of Conservation, Whangarei, New Zealand.
Ferreira, S. M.; Taylor, S. 2003. Population decline of brown teal (Anas chlorotis) on Great Barrier Island. Notornis 50: 141-147.
Hayes, N. 2006. Brown Teal released at Port Charles, New Zealand. TWSG News: 16-18.
Hayes, N. 2010. Pateke in recovery mode. Southern Bird: 10-11.
Hayes, N. 2013. New Zealand Brown Teal News. TWSG News - Bulletin of the Wetlands International - IUCN SSC Threatened Waterfowl Specialist Group 16, December 2013: 6.
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Holdaway, R.N., Williams, M. and Hawke, D.J. 2013. A comparison of the pre-human and present isotopic niches of brown teal (Anas chlorotis): implications for conservation. Notornis 60: 233-244.
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Moore, S. J.; Battley, P. F.; Henderson, I. M.; Webb, C. J. 2006. The diet of Brown Teal (Anas chlorotis). New Zealand Journal of Ecology 30: 397-403.
Moore, S.J.; Battley, P.F. 2006. Differences in the digestive organ morphology of captive and wild Brown Teal Anas chlorotis and implications for releases. Bird Conservation International 16(3): 253-264.
O'Connor, S. M.; Maloney, R. F.; Pierce, R. J. 2007. Pateke (Anas chlorotis) recovery plan, 2005-2010. Department of Conservation, Wellington.
Parrish, R.; Williams, M. 2001. Decline of Brown Teal (Anas chlorotis) in Northland, New Zealand. Notornis 48: 131-136.
Rickett, J.; Dey, C.J.; Stothart, J., O'Connor, C.M.; Quinn, J.S.; Ji, W. 2013. The influence of supplemental feeding on survival, dispersal and competition in translocated Brown Teal, or Pateke (Anas chlorotis). Emu 113(1): 62-68.
Roxburgh, J. 2005. Brown Teal (Pateke). Wingspan 15: 15.
Sim, J.; Roxburgh, J. 2007. Brown Teal bouncing back. Southern Bird: 8-9.
Watts, J.; Maloney, R.; Keedwell, R.; Holzapfel, A.; Neill, E.; Pierce, R.; Sim, J.; Browne, T.; Miller, N.; Moore, S. 2016. Pāteke (Anas chlorotis) population trends in response to predator control on Great Barrier Island and Northland, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology: DOI:10.1080/03014223.2016.1154078.
Williams, M. and Bowker-Wright, G. 2013. Brown Teal captive breeding comes under genetic scrutiny. TWSG News - Bulletin of the Wetlands International - IUCN SSC Threatened Waterfowl Specialist Group 16, December 2013: 28-29.
Williams, M.; Dumbell, G. 1996. Brown Teal (Pateke) Anas chlorotis recovery plan. Department of Conservation, Wellington.
Williams, M.J. 2013. Brown teal. In Miskelly, C.M. (ed.) New Zealand Birds Online. Available at: www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz.
Worthy, T.H. 2002. Fossil distribution of Brown Teal in New Zealand. DoC Science Internal Series. Department of Conservation, Wellington.
IUCN SSC Duck Specialist Group
IUCN SSC Threatened Waterfowl Specialist Group
New Zealand Govt - Dept of Conservation - Recovery Plan
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BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Brown Teal Anas chlorotis. Downloaded from
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