Blue-winged Teal
Blue-winged Teal
Adult male breeding
- Blue-gray head with bold white crescent mark between bill and eye
- Black bill and iris
- Black speckling on tan flanks and gray breast
- White patches on sides of rump
- © Christopher L. Wood, MN, Rothsay WMA
Blue-winged Teal
Adult female
- Small size
- Dark line through black eye
- White at base of bill
- Gray-brown scalloped pattern on flanks and back
- © Christopher L. Wood, MN, Agassiz NWR, Marshall County
Blue-winged Teal
Adult male breeding
- Bold white crescent marks on face
- Underwings two-toned with white near trailing edge and black at leading edge
- Pale blue and white patch on upperwing
- Tan breast and belly speckled with black
- © Jessie H. Barry, OK, March 2008
Blue-winged Teal
Adult female
- Black bill, thin dark stripe through eye
- Scalloped dark brown pattern on breast and belly
- Pale-blue wing patch barely visible on folded wing
- © hikerboy45, May 2009
Blue-winged Teal
Adult male breeding
- Pale blue wing patch with white below and iridescent green on trailing edge of wing
- White crescent between bill and eye
- Blue-gray head
- © Darin Ziegler, ND, Pierce County, July 2009
Blue-winged Teal
Adult male breeding
- Bold white crescents on face
- Some breeding males have pale blue horizontal stripe above eye
- Tan and black speckled breast and scalloped back
- White patches on sides of rump, black above and beneath tail
- © Ken Schneider, FL, Wakodahatchee Wetlands, March 2010
Blue-winged Teal
Adult female or eclispe male
- Males in eclipse plumage in late summer look very similar to females
- Dark stripe through eye
- Pale area at base of bill
- Pale blue wing patch with smaller white area visible on folded wing
- © Gary Tyson, NJ, Cape May, September 2010
Similar Species
Female
- © Nature Kat, Bonelli Regional Park, San Dimas , CA, February 2012
