Blue-winged Teal
Spatula discors
LCLeast Concern
- Family
- Ducks, Swans, and Geese (Anatidae)
- Order
- Anseriformes
Overview
The blue-winged teal (Spatula discors) 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 from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Range and habitat
Breeds North America (except Arctic and western Alaska), mostly in central prairie regions; winters northern Mexico to Caribbean and coastal northern South America.
Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.
Countries
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Austria
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belize
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Canada
- Cape Verde
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Denmark
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- French Guiana
- Germany
- Greece
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Ireland
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Mexico
- Nicaragua
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Poland
- Puerto Rico
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- South Georgia
- Spain
- Suriname
- Sweden
- Trinidad and Tobago
- United States
- Venezuela
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Blue-winged teal
- eBird: sightings, maps and photos
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- BirdLife DataZone: status and threats
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.
