Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Ducks, Geese and Swans :: Blue-winged Teal

Blue-winged Teal Anas discors

Described by: Linnaeus (1766)
Alternate common name(s): None known by website authors
Old scientific name(s): Spatula discors

Photographs

Spring Valley Wildlife Area, Greene/Warren County, Ohio, USA - Apr 28, 2003 © William Hull  Celery Fields, Sarasota County, Florida, USA - Nov 10, 2004 © William Hull  Armleder Park, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA - Mar 18, 2006 © William Hull  Armleder Park, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA - Apr 7, 2006 © William Hull  Armleder Park, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA - Mar 18, 2006 © William Hull 
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Range

North America;
Ec. Alaska to Canada (s. Yukon, s. Mackenzie, Vancouver Is., n. Saskatchewan, c. Manitoba, Magdalen Is., Nova Scotia, Newfoundland (Doyles, Grand Codroy River), Ontario (s. James Bay) and the United States s. to c. California, c. Arizona, s. New Mexico, s. Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and c. Florida.
Winters from the s. United States s. through the West Indies, Mexico, Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama (volcano lakes in w. Chiriqui and Coiba Is.), Colombia, Venezuela (n. of the Orinoco River, La Tortuga Is., Los Roques Is., Margarita Is., Netherland Antilles (Aruba, Curacao, Bonaire), Trinidad and Tobago), Ecuador, n. and coastal Peru (s. to Junin), Guyana, Surinam, Guiana, n. Brazil (Para, Maranhao), Bolivia (Lake Junin) s. to Uruguay, c. Argentina and Chile. Vagrant to Hawaiian Is. (Hawaiian Is. where it has bred on Hawaii), Greenland, Azores, Aleutians and the Galapagos.
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North America n. of Mexican border
Summer: se. ALK, s. YUK, c. NWT (Great Slave Lake), BCO, ABA, SAS, c. MAN, n. ONT, s. QUE, NBR, PEI, NSC, ex. sw. NFD, WAS, ORG, ex. ne. CAL, IDH, n. UTH, MON, NDK, SDK, WYO, NEB, COL, NMX, KAN, OKA, c. TEX, nw. LOU, w. ARK, c. MOU, IWA, MIN, WIS, c. ILL, n. IND, MIC, n. OHO, nw. PEN, c. and ex. se. NYK, nw. VMT, MAE, e. MAS, RID, CNT, NJY, DEL, e. MYD, se. VIR, e. NCA;
Winter: w., c. and s. CAL, sw. ARZ, c. NMX, n. TEX, LOU, s. ARK, n. MIS, n. ALB, n. GEO, FLA, s. SCA, e. NCA and ex. se. VIR.

Videos

Spring Valley Wildlife Area, Greene/Warren County, Ohio, USA - Mar 31, 2002 Source: William Hull
Description: Two males and a female swimming.

Miami Whitewater County Park, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA - Apr 7, 2002 Source: William Hull
Description: Male bird swimming.

Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: The Royal British Columbia Museum
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: The Royal British Columbia Museum

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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