Small, blocky duck. Breeding males have a chestnut head with a green streak behind the eye and a vertical white stripe on the side.
Eurasian subspecies have a horizontal white stripe on the side as opposed to the vertical stripe on American subspecies.
Small, compact duck. At distance, the white vertical stripe at the shoulder (on males) and the creamy diagonal mark at the tail (on both sexes) are useful marks.
Small duck with a blocky body. Females and nonbreeding males have a cream-colored stripe at the rear.
In flight both males and females have a green "speculum" patch in the wing.
Small duck with a blocky body. Breeding males have a chestnut head with a green stripe behind the eye and a vertical white stripe on the side. The undertail coverts are cream colored.
Green speculums often hidden on resting birds, but are visible in flight.
Feeds in shallow bodies of water and in flooded fields. Breeds in dense vegetation along river deltas.
Green-winged Teal are very small ducks. They have short, blocky bodies and their tails sit high out of the water. The head is large, the neck is short, and the bill is relatively small.
A very small duck: much smaller than a Mallard; slightly larger than an Eared Grebe. About the size of a Pied-billed Grebe.
crow-sizedIn Europe and Asia, a form of the Green-winged Teal (often called Common Teal) lacks the male’s white vertical stripe on the breast and instead shows a white horizontal stripe on the shoulder. Another subspecies from the Aleutian Islands shares these markings with “Common” Teal.
Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl(Order: Anseriformes, Family: Anatidae)
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