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The blue-winged teal (Spatula discors) is a species of bird in the duck, goose, ... The adult female is mottled brown, and has a whitish area at base of bill.
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 ...
Blue-winged teal, Spatula discors (Linnaeus, ... The males have black and dark-brown plumage, an erectile crest on the nape and a larger bill than the female. The ...
Blue-winged teal, Spatula discors (A) Northern shoveler, Spatula clypeata; ... The female is the brighter of the sexes and initiates courtship. The male incubates the ...
The speculum feathers are bright blue with white edges. 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]
Blue-winged teal, Spatula discors; Cinnamon teal, ... As with many galliform species, the female (the hen) is smaller than the male (the tom) and much less colorful ...
Blue-winged teal, Spatula discors; Cinnamon teal, Spatula cyanoptera; Eurasian wigeon, Mareca penelope (V) ... and a larger bill than the female. The females have ...
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 ...