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Common Name

Green Winged Teal

Alternate Names

Common Teal, Eurasian Teal, Eurasian Green Winged Teal

Common Type

Teal

Order

Anseriformes

Family

Anatidae

Genus

Anas

Species

crecca

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

Green Winged Britain, Green Winged Iraq, Taiwan,

Number of Sub-Species

AOS considers there to be two separate species: Eurasian Teal & American Teal, but most other sources have devided these out.

Migratory or Resident

Migratory

Preferred Habitat

Inland lakes, marshes, pools, streams with dense vegetation and aquatic vegetation

Distribution and Range

North America, Asia, Africa, Europe

Food

Prefer to dabble on mud flats forvegetative matter and will occasionally eat invertibrates

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