Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis [JF Gmelin, 1789] |
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Order:
Anseriformes
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Family: Anatidae |
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BTO Codes:
TA, GRWTE
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EURING No: 1842 | |
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Number in Britain:
22 records/year
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Scarce Visitor
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Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
36 cm
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Wingspan: 61 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 330 g
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Scientific name from:
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L.: anas=a duck and after Carolina, US |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS: North America, WINTERS: south to n Central America |
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Habitat:
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Lakes, marshes, ponds & shallow streams |
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Diet:
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Seeds, vegetation, invertebrates |
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Records and Distribution |
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First Record:
Hampshire, c. 1840
(Palmer. P 2000. First for Britain & Ireland, Arlequin Press. [502.74 PAL])
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Other Names |
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Split from Anas crecca
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| Gaelic: | Welsh: Corhwyaden Asgell-Werdd |
| Danish: Amerikansk Krikand | Dutch: Amerikaanse wintertaling |
| Finnish: | French: Sarcelle à ailes vertes |
| German: Amerikanische Krickente | Hungarian: |
| Icelandic: | Irish: |
| Italian: Alzavola americana | Norwegian: |
| Polish: Cyraneczka karolinska | Portuguese: |
| Spanish: Cerceta americana | Swedish: Amerikansk kricka |
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For More Information... |
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Books and Monographs:
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| Kear, J 2005 Ducks, geese and swans Oxford University Press [598.48 KEA] | |
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| Wikipedia entry | |
| BirdLife species page | |
| Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides | |
| All About Birds (from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology) | |
| Details from the Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter | |
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