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Blue-winged teal generally nest within several hundred yards of open water; however, nests have been found as far as 1.61 km (1 mi) away from water. [13] Where the habitat is good, they nest communally. [11] Blue-winged teal often use heavy growth of bulrushes and cattails as escape cover. [18]
Blue-winged teal, Spatula discors; Cinnamon teal, Spatula cyanoptera; ... Different lengths of legs and bills enable multiple species to feed in the same habitat ...
Habitat: Diet: LC Blue-billed teal Spatula hottentota (Eyton, 1838) eastern and southern Africa, from Sudan and Ethiopia west to Niger and Nigeria and south to South Africa and Namibia Size: Habitat: Diet: LC Puna teal Spatula puna (Tschudi, 1844) the Andes of Peru, western Bolivia, northern Chile and extreme northwestern Argentina: Size: Habitat:
Blue-winged teal, Spatula discors (U) Cinnamon teal, Spatula cyanoptera; ... Their preferred habitat is fairly open country, and they eat insects and fruit. Plumage ...
These are birds usually at their fringe of their ranges in the boreal forest or that occur less frequently as breeders in the boreal forest because their ideal habitat is not included in the taiga. Ross's goose, Chen rossii; Wood duck, Aix sponsa; Gadwall, Anas strepera; Blue-winged teal. Blue-winged teal Anas discors; Cinnamon teal, Anas ...
Although mallards, northern pintails, and wood ducks are the most numerous waterfowl species on the refuge, blue- and green-winged teal, northern shovelers, gadwall, and American Widgeon are also common. Primary diving ducks are scaup and ring-necked ducks. Canada, snow, and greater white-fronted geese are present, though less common.
Blue-winged teal, Spatula discors, lakes, marshes, rivers (U) ... Their preferred habitat is fairly open country, and they eat insects and fruit. The plumage of ...
Spatula discors Linnaeus 1766 (blue-winged teal) LC; Spatula cyanoptera Vieillot 1816 (cinnamon teal) LC. S. c. septentrionalium Snyder & Lumsden 1951 (northern cinnamon teal) S. c. tropica Snyder & Lumsden 1951 (tropical cinnamon teal) †S. c. borreroi Snyder & Lumsden 1951 (Borrero's cinnamon teal) S. c. orinoma (Oberholser 1906) (Andean ...