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Blue-winged Teal
| Color: |
Brown |
| Size: |
15.5" |
| Season: |
Year-round |
| Description: |
Smaller than a Mallard. Both sexes have a white crescent on the front of the face, the male's being more distinctive. Male has tan sides with black speckles. Female is mottled brown. Both sexes have dark bills and patches of blue and green on the wing. |
| Voice: |
Females give a high-pitched quack. Males say chxa and give high-pitched peeps during courtship.
Click here to listen |
| Habitat: |
Shallow water wetlands with emergent vegetation. |
| Interesting Fact: |
In late summer and early fall it may seem like males have disappeared. They are still present but now look more like females. They assume this eclipse plumage because they have molted all their flight feathers. While new flight feathers are growing they cannot fly; the drab female-like plumage helps them hide from predators. |
| Scientific name: |
Anas discors |
| Order: |
Anseriformes |
| Family: |
Anatidae |
Female and male Ryan Brady |
Male in flight Robert Herron |
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