Eurasian Teal

How to identify

Field marks

1. Male has a green comma-shaped band from around the eye to the side of neck
2. Speculum emerald-green
3. Male has a conspicuous horizontal white band along the side when the wings are folded
4. Male has creamy-yellow undertail-coverts edged with black

Male, female and young

Female brown overall, without the green comma, white line on the side or creamy-yellow rear, but still has an emerald-green speculum.

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: January, March–April and October–November · Most records: United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Eurasian Teal has been recorded at 3,434 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 146 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. Estero Llano Grande SP WBCUnited States20,026 records
2. Riparian Preserve at Gilbert Water RanchUnited States17,910 records
3. Parker River NWRUnited States17,771 records

Countries and regions with the most records

United StatesCanadaUnited KingdomChinaSpainIndiaPortugalGermany

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

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

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