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Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis [JF Gmelin, 1789]
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Order:
Anseriformes
Family:
Anatidae
BTO Codes:
TA , GRWTE
EURING No:
1842
Number in Britain:
22 records/year
Conservation Status:
UK:
Unlisted
European:
Not evaluated
Global:
Least Concern
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Status in UK:
(A) Scarce Visitor
Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
36 cm
Wingspan:
61 cm
Weight:
M/F: 330 g
Scientific name from:
L.: anas =a duck
and after Carolina, US
World Distribution:
BREEDS: North America, WINTERS: south to n Central America
Habitat:
Lakes, marshes, ponds & shallow streams
Diet:
Seeds, vegetation, invertebrates
Records and Distribution
First Record:
c. 1840
Summary of Annual Totals
Distribution by County
Other Names
Split from A. crecca
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
For More Information...
Books and Monographs:
Kear, J 2005 Ducks, geese and swans Oxford University Press
[598.48 KEA]
See Also:
All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
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