Blue-winged Teal
Spatula discors
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 49,015
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The blue-winged teal 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. It winters along the Pacific and Atlantic coasts and south into the Caribbean islands and Central America.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Blue-winged teal”.