Bird Sightings: Green-winged Teal

Green-winged Teal (Adult male)

Anas carolinensis

Photography © Terry Fountain
South Uist - Outer Hebrides (Western Isles)
19th March, 2008

"This sunshine has certainly had all the wildlife getting into the swing as it were. Please find attached a pic of a Green-winged Teal I was fortunate enough to find on Loch an t-Saile NF757462 first thing this morning.

Also in the area Glaucous, Iceland gulls. Goldfinch 2, Twite @500, Peregrine 1 and 4 Gannet feeding off the MOD Range."

 

Our Teal Photographs:

Common Teal Drake	Green-winged Teal Drake	Green-winged Teal with Common Teal and Garganey	Green-winged Teal Drake	Green-winged Teal Drake	Green-winged Teal Drake

 

• Green-winged Teal
• Anas carolinensis
• UK Scarce vistor, 22 annual records BTO
• Breeds: North America (nests on the ground, near water & under cover)
• Winters: South of breeding range
• Habitat: Lakes, marshes, ponds, shallow streams, sheltered wetlands, (taiga bogs)
• Diet: Seeds, vegetation, insects - usually feeds by dabbling for plant food or grazing
• Breeding male: flanks & back grey. Yellow rear. Head chestnut with green eye patch. White-edged mark under eye.
  Distinguished from drake Common Teal by vertical white stripe on side of breast, NO horizontal white shoulder stripe & NO thin buff edging lines on head.
  Females light brown, similar to female Mallard, but with white-edged mark under eye. (Very similar bird to a female Common Teal).
  Non-breeding drake looks like the female.
• Gregarious dabbling duck. Noisy species. Male has clear whistle, female a weak quack.
• Similar birds common teal
  

 

Terry Fountain's web site:
http://www.hebridesphotographic.com

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