Blue-winged teal

Blue-winged teal
Male in Texas

Secure  (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Genus: Spatula
Species:
S. discors
Binomial name
Spatula discors
(Linnaeus, 1766)
  Breeding
  Migration
  Year-round
  Nonbreeding
Synonyms
  • Querquedula discors (Linnaeus, 1766)
  • Anas discors Linnaeus, 1766

Dickcissel male perched on a metal pole singing, with neck stretched and beak open.

Songs and calls
Listen to Blue-winged Teal on xeno-canto

The blue-winged teal (Spatula discors) is a species of bird in the duck, goose, and swan family Anatidae. One of the smaller members of the dabbling duck group, it occurs in North America, where it breeds from southern Alaska to Nova Scotia, and south to northern Texas.[2] It winters along the Pacific and Atlantic coasts and south into the Caribbean islands and Central America.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2021). "Spatula discors". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T22680229A137731845. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T22680229A137731845.en. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Spatula discors". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 13 December 2023.