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The speculum is a patch, often distinctly coloured, on the secondary wing feathers, or remiges, of some birds. Examples of the colour(s) of the speculum in a number of ducks are: Common teal and green-winged teal: Iridescent green edged with buff. [1] Blue-winged teal: Iridescent green. [2] The species' common name comes from the sky-blue wing ...
The blue-winged teal (Spatula discors) is a species of bird in the duck, goose, and swan family Anatidae. One of the smaller members of the dabbling duck group, it occurs in North America , where it breeds from southern Alaska to Nova Scotia , and south to northern Texas . [ 2 ]
Blue-winged teal Male Female Spatula discors (Linnaeus, 1766) North America, where it breeds from southern Alaska to Nova Scotia and south to northern Texas: Size: Habitat: Diet: LC Cape shoveler Male Female Spatula smithii Hartert, 1891: South Africa, uncommon further north in Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, southern Angola, Lesotho, Mozambique ...
Eurasian teal or common teal (Anas crecca), the original teal from which the color and other duck species are named; Green-winged teal (Anas carolinensis or Anas crecca carolinensis) Yellow-billed teal or speckled teal (Anas flavirostris) Andean teal or speckled teal (Anas andium) Sunda teal or Indonesian teal (Anas gibberifrons) Andaman teal ...
A male blue-winged teal; this migrant from the north is the commonest duck in Panama. Order: Anseriformes Family: Anatidae. Anatidae includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swans. These birds are adapted to an aquatic existence with webbed feet, flattened bills, and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to ...
The red-billed streamertail is the national bird of Jamaica. This is a list of the bird species recorded in Jamaica. The avifauna of Jamaica included a total of 332 species as of July 2022, according to Bird Checklists of the World. Of them, 28 are endemic, 19 have been introduced by humans, and 159 are rare or accidental. Another species (great-tailed grackle) is concentrated in one area and ...
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Yellow-billed teal: Anas flavirostris Vieillot, 1816: 115 Andean teal: Anas andium (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1873) 116 Sunda teal: Anas gibberifrons Müller, S, 1842: 117 Andaman teal: Anas albogularis (Hume, 1873) 118 Mascarene teal: Anas theodori Newton, E & Gadow, 1893 (E) 119 Grey teal: Anas gracilis Buller, 1869: 120 Chestnut teal: Anas ...