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The green-winged teal (Anas carolinensis) or American teal is a common and widespread duck that breeds in the northern areas of North America except on the Aleutian Islands. It was considered conspecific with the Eurasian teal ( A. crecca ) for some time, but the two have since been split into separate species.
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. [2] 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. [ 3 ]
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 ...
Pink-eared duck: Malacorhynchus membranaceus (Latham, 1801) 62 Salvadori's teal: Salvadorina waigiuensis Rothschild & Hartert, EJO, 1894: 63 Muscovy duck: Cairina moschata (Linnaeus, 1758) 64 White-winged duck: Asarcornis scutulata (Müller, S, 1842) 65 Hartlaub's duck: Pteronetta hartlaubii (Cassin, 1860) 66 Wood duck: Aix sponsa (Linnaeus ...
Order: Anseriformes Family: Anatidae The family 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, bills which are flattened to a greater or lesser extent, and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to special oils.
American black duck, Anas rubripes; Northern pintail, Anas acuta; Green-winged teal, Anas crecca; Canvasback, Aythya valisineria; Redhead, Aythya americana; Ring-necked duck, Aythya collaris; Tufted duck, Aythya fuligula (R) Greater scaup, Aythya marila; Lesser scaup, Aythya affinis; Steller's eider, Polysticta stelleri (R) King eider ...
Green-winged teal, Anas carolinensis; Canvasback, Aythya valisineria; Redhead, Aythya americana; Ring-necked duck, Aythya collaris; Greater scaup, Aythya marila; Lesser scaup, Aythya affinis; King eider, Somateria spectabilis (R) Harlequin duck, Histrionicus histrionicus (R) Surf scoter, Melanitta perspicillata; White-winged scoter, Melanitta ...
Green-winged teal (tavi), Anas crecca; Red-crested pochard (punapäänarsku), Netta rufina (A) Common pochard (punasotka), Aythya ferina; Ring-necked duck (amerikantukkasotka), Aythya collaris (A) Ferruginous duck (ruskosotka), Aythya nyroca (A) Tufted duck (tukkasotka), Aythya fuligula; Greater scaup (lapasotka), Aythya marila