Blue-winged Teal Photos
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Blue-winged Teal 1 (Male) ...
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
Relatives in same Genus
Northern Pintail (A. acuta)
American Wigeon (A. americana)
Northern Shoveler (A. clypeata)
Green-winged Teal (A. crecca)
Cinnamon Teal (A. cyanoptera)
Eurasian Wigeon (A. penelope)
Mallard (A.
Blue-winged Teal
Anas discors
The Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors) breeds across much of the northern and central United States and winters across the southern United States and Mexico.
Blue-winged Teal Female - The female Blue-winged Teal has a pale gray-brown head and buff spot at base of the bill. The upperparts are scaled buff and dark brown overall with chevron spotting, while underparts are buff with some streaking.
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Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors)
No photo of the Blue-winged Teal available.
Blue-winged Teal Behaviour
No observations regarding Blue-winged Teal behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Interesting Facts about Blue-winged Teals ...
Blue-winged Teal
(Anas discors)
Status: Summer Resident.
Last recorded on site in 2010
Breeding Status:-
1987 to 1991: Confirmed
1992 to 1996: Confirmed
1997 to 2001: Confirmed
2002 to 2006: Confirmed
2007 to 2011: Confirmed ...
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.
[Blue-winged Teal.]
ANAS DISCORS, Linn.
[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, Anas discors
Brown Teal or New Zealand Teal, Anas chlorotis
Campbell Island Teal Anas nesiotis ...
5. Blue-winged Teal
The Gray Hawks visited Shollenberger Park Monday, Oct.15. The group, led by Rigdon Currie, was treated to sightings of 2 specialty birds of this area, the Pacific Golden Plover and the Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors).
Blue-winged Teal (4): Unexpected sighting over Southern Nantucket Shoals
Common Eider (3): Nantucket Shoals
Common Loon (7): Nantucket Shoals
Cory's Shearwater (3): Surprisingly rare today; one definitive C. d. borealis ...
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 x Northern Shoveler (c) Thorsten Seibel and Ralf Busch
Blue-winged Teal x Northern Shoveler hybrids can be identified by the following features: ...
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 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.
Ring-necked pheasants sometimes lay eggs in nests of other birds such as gray partridge (Perdix perdix), ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus), and blue-winged teal (Anas discors).
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 ...
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) ...
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.
Look closely in the ponds to see a variety of ducks, including buffleheads, canvasbacks, blue-winged teals, wood ducks and hooded mergansers.
Turtles ...
Adult females and immature distinguished from Green-winged Teal by size and wing pattern. Female, immature and eclipse male Blue-winged Teal are very similar but have a smaller bill without spatulate tip, ...
Cigar-box wood (Cedrela odorata)
Blue-winged teal (Anas discors)
Fulvous whistling duck (Dendrocygna bicolor)
Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura)
Harpy eagle (Harpia harpyja)
Blue-crowned motmot (Momotus momota) ...
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
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