Green-winged Teal

About the Green-winged Teal

The Eurasian teal (Anas crecca), common teal, or Eurasian green-winged teal is a common and widespread duck that breeds in temperate Eurosiberia and migrates south in winter. The Eurasian teal is often called simply the teal due to being the only one of these small dabbling ducks in much of its range. The bird gives its name to the blue-green colour teal. It is a highly gregarious duck outside the breeding season and can form large flocks. It is commonly found in sheltered wetlands and feeds on seeds and aquatic invertebrates. The North American green-winged teal (A. carolinensis) was formerly (and sometimes is still) considered a subspecies of A. crecca.

Source: Wikipedia

Classification

Scientific name

Anas crecca

Family

Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl

Order

Anseriformes

Similar species

Other members of the ducks, geese, and waterfowl family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.

• American Black Duck Anas rubripes
• American Wigeon Mareca americana
• Baer's Pochard Aythya baeri
• Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
• Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
• Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
• Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
• Black Scoter Melanitta americana
• Black Swan Cygnus atratus
• Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
• Black-necked Swan Cygnus melancoryphus
• Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota