Chestnut Teal
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{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Chestnut Teal | status = Conservation status: Lower risk (lc) | image = ChestnutTealMale.jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = Male | image2 = ChestnutTealFemale.jpg | image2_width = 250px | image2_caption = Female | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Aves | ordo = Anseriformes | familia = Anatidae | genus = Anas | species = A. castanea | binomial = Anas castanea | binomial_authority = (Eyton, 1838) }}
The Chestnut Teal (Anas castanea) is a dabbling duck found in southern Australia.
The male has a distinctive green coloured head and mottled brown body. The female has a brown head and mottled brown body. The female is almost identical in appearance to the Grey Teal. It is Protected under the National Parks and Wildlife Act, 1974.