Blue-winged Teal

Blue-winged Teal lay one egg per day to complete a clutch of 8-12 eggs (Rohwer 1984).

Blue-winged Teal Photos Click on the thumbnail for high-resolution photos. Click here for the species description page for the Blue-winged Teal. Blue-winged Teal 1 (Male) ...

BLUE-WINGED TEAL FACTS Description During the breeding season, the male Blue-winged Teal has blue-gray head with large white crescent between eye and bill. The body is cinnamon-brown with fine black markings.

Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors) No photo of the Blue-winged Teal available.

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Blue-winged Teal Range: North America; winters from southern United States to South America Habitat: Swamps, marshes, ponds, lakes, slow streams Conservation Status: Common Scientific Name: Anas discors ...

Blue-winged teal have thrived in recent years with wet conditions on the prairies of the Midwest and Canada. In 1999, Minnesota hunters harvested more than 59,000 blue-winged teal. Fun facts ...

Blue-winged Teal 140. Anas discors Linn. BLUE-WINGED TEAL. Ad.--Crown fuscous, chin and sides of the base of the bill black; a broad white band across the frout of the head, its hinder margin bordered by black; ...

Blue-winged Teal Anas discors Linnaeus Status Common transient, fairly common in summer. Breeds. Widespread in freshwater marshes and ponds, less so in salt marshes.

Blue-winged Teal, male, breeding plumage Blue-winged Teal, females Figure 1. Distribution of the Blue-winged Teal in North and Middle America.

BLUE-WINGED TEAL, Anas discors, Wils. Amer. Orn., vol. viii. p. 74. ANAS DISCORS, Bonap. Syn., p. 385. ANAS DISCORS, Blue-winged Teal, Swains. and Rich. F. Bor. Amer., vol. ii.p. 444. BLUE-WINGED TEAL, Nutt. Man., vol. ii. p. 397.

Presumed Cinnamon Teal (Anas cyanoptera) X Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors) hybrid. This male hybrid teal was photographed 20 February 2001 at the Port Aransas Birding Center boardwalk, Nueces Co., Texas.

Blue-winged Teal Anas discors. Occasional breeder. Common to fairly common in spring and fall in Tennessee Valley and Mountain regions, but rare in summer and rare to occasional in winter.

Blue-winged Teal breed widely across the southern Canadian provinces and the north/central U.S. (Prairie Pothole Region), then migrate south and reach well down into South America.

Blue-winged Teal Winter Sighting Information: rare Nest on or near Refuge? yes Green-winged Teal Winter Sighting Information: common Nest on or near Refuge? no ...

The Blue-Winged Teal duck's scientific name is Anas dicors. This duck is a vertebrate because it has a backbone. It is found in the U.S. and in other places of the world.

The Blue-winged Teal occurs throughout most of inland United States during the breeding season. The species winters in most coastal areas of the United States, in California on the west coast, and from Virginia south on the eastern coast.

Harwich: 1 PECTORAL SANDPIPER (quite early), 6+ Killdeer, 7 Greater Yellowlegs, 1 Blue-winged Teal, 32 Green-winged Teal, 6 Gadwall, 1 N.Pintail Cow Yard, Chatham: 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull (ad.) Blair Nikula -- 3/14 Rye, NH Steve Mirick .

The adult female and juveniles resemble the female Blue-winged Teal (Anas discor) except for minor differences. There are five sub-species of the Cinnamon Teal, and each has evolved in different ways. Anas c.

Anas discors - Blue-winged Teal Anas clypeata - Northern Shoveler Anas falcata - Falcated Teal Anas formosa - Baikal Teal Anas rubripes - American Black Duck Netta Netta rufina - Red-crested Pochard Aythya Aythya ferina - Northern Pochard ...

For the first time in many years, we are raising blue-winged teal ducklings. These all hatched on May 29. Unfortunately we couldn't leave the ducklings in the Outdoor Flight Exhibit as it is not ideal to rear such small ducklings safely.

Blue-winged Teal, Anas discors Cinnamon Teal, Anas cyanoptera Northern Shoveler, Anas clypeata White-cheeked Pintail, Anas bahamensis (C) Northern Pintail, Anas acuta Garganey, Anas querquedula (C) Baikal Teal, Anas formosa (C) ...

8* An adult male was seen feeding and roosting in flooded rice fields in the company of some 400 Blue-winged Teal, Anas discors and eight American Widgeon, Anas americana, approximately 3 km west of San Filepe, Orange Walk District on March 2, 1996.

Hens may also lay eggs in nests of other ground nesting birds such as mallards, blue-winged teal, gray partridge, bobwhite, turkey, ruffed and blue grouse. Incubation, usually by the female, lasts twenty three to twenty five days.

A visit to the Chincoteague Fish and Wildlife Refuge, can reveal an array of waterfowl including pintail, gadwall, merganser, wigeon, mallards, green-winged teal, blue-winged teal, Canada and snow geese.

The male is a rich chestnut color, with a dark spatulate bill. The female is similar to a female Blue-winged Teal, but richer in color. Larger than a Green-winged teal, especially in the body.

Ducks vary in their migratory distances. Among American ducks, the blue-winged teal travels the farthest, nesting in North America and wintering as far south as Argentina.

For a few weeks in early April, the Cinnamon Teal is easy to spot, despite its small numbers. In late April and May, however it becomes lost among the large flocks of Blue-winged Teals, to which it is closely related.

One arctic duck, the spectacled eider, Somateria fischeri, winters at sea off Alaska. Long distance champion among American ducks is the blue-winged teal, Anas discors, which nests in most of North America and winters from the southern U.S.

Some care is needed in separating the brown female from the similar Common Teal, but the stronger face markings and more frequent head-shaking when dabbling are good indicators. Confusion with the female of the rare Blue-winged Teal is also possible, ...

Black Tern abundance was positively correlated to hectares of open water and to hectares of dead cattails. Abundance also was positively related to the number of Mallards, Blue-winged Teal, Redheads, and Yellow-headed Blackbirds.

Clutches >11 may be result of parasitization. Pair bond maintained throughout most of incubation. Young hide by diving or seeking veg cover; adult feigns injury before flying away. Hybridizes with Blue-winged Teal.

See also: Teal, Duck, Mallard, Green-winged Teal, Shoveler