Ducks, Geese and Swans (Anatidae)
Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors) - HBW 1, p. 612
French: Sarcelle soucrourou
German: Blauflügelente
Spanish: Cerceta Aliazul
Other common names: Bluewing
Taxonomy: Anas discors Linnaeus, 1766, North America = Carolina ex Catesby.
Sometimes placed in genus Spatula. E population has been assigned separate subspecies, orphna, but doubtfully valid. Monotypic.
Distribution: North America, from S Alaska to Newfoundland, and S to C USA.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A female swimming and foraging, Locality Playa de Lago, Lugo, Galicia, Spain (Monotypic species)
Javier Ortas 19 November 2007 5 years ago 35 sec 4.4 -
A male swimming and pecking the water's surface Locality Wigeon House, Dunkirk, Nottinghamshire, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 29 October 2005 7 years ago 24 sec 4.3 -
A male and a female swimming Locality Wigeon House, Dunkirk, Nottinghamshire, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 29 October 2005 7 years ago 29 sec 4.3 -
Male in eclipse plumage. Apparently an hybrid Shoveler X Blue-Winged Teal Locality Plaine du Forez, Loire, Rhône-Alpes, France
forezbirder 6 October 2012 8 weeks ago 1 min 42 sec 4 -
Two birds swimming and foraging in wetland. Locality Bubali Bird Sanctuary, Aruba, Netherlands Antilles
Antonio Silveira 15 November 2012 24 weeks ago 40 sec 4 -
Several birds in eclipsed plumage, resting and preening on the shore Locality Rio Lagartos, Yucatán State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 29 September 2006 5 years ago 39 sec 3.5
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Blue-winged Teal on breeding grounds in a wetland near Stanley, North Dakota.
Locality Stanley, Mountrail County, North Dakota, USA (United States)
Mike Ross 10 May 2012 31 weeks ago 4.2 -
Blue-winged teal feeding in snow-melt water.
Locality Cherry Creek State Park, Arapahoe County, Colorado, USA (United States)
Mike Ross 10 April 2009 3 years ago 4.2 -
Adult male
Locality Green Cay Wetlands and Nature Center, Boynton Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA (United States)
Paul Cools 14 February 2010 29 weeks ago 4 -
A male on a small pond
Locality Arcata Marsh & Wildlife Sanctuary, Arcata, Humboldt County, California, USA (United States)
AndrewSmith 16 July 2011 1 year ago 4 -
A male.
Locality Polder Nieuw-Lekkerland, South Holland Province, Netherlands
Norbert Uhlhaas 25 March 2008 4 years ago 4 -
A still Teal on a still day
Locality Arcata Marsh & Wildlife Sanctuary, Arcata, Humboldt County, California, USA (United States)
AndrewSmith 16 June 2011 1 year ago 3.7
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A pair display; the male sound is the higher whistle-like call Locality Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, England, Great Britain
(Monotypic species)
Joe Angseesing 11 May 2007 3 years ago 4
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