Eurasian teal

Eurasian teal
Wintering male from Mangaon, Maharashtra, India
Calls
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Genus: Anas
Species:
A. crecca
Binomial name
Anas crecca
Distribution map
light green : nesting area
blue : wintering area
dark green : resident all year
Synonyms

Anas crecca crecca Linnaeus, 1758
Anas crecca nimia Friedmann, 1948

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 bird gives its name to the blue-green colour teal.

It is a highly gregarious duck outside the breeding season and can form large flocks. It is commonly found in sheltered wetlands and feeds on seeds and aquatic invertebrates. The North American green-winged teal (A. carolinensis) was formerly (and sometimes is still) considered a subspecies of A. crecca.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2020). "Anas crecca". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22680321A181692388. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22680321A181692388.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
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