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Green-winged Teal

Anas crecca

The Green-winged Teal is a small duck with beautiful green feathers on its wings. It loves to swim and can often be seen in ponds and wetlands, quacking happily with its friends.

Lebensraum: Wetlands

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The Green-winged Teal is a small dabbling duck with a prominent iridescent green speculum (wing patch). Males have a striking chestnut head marked with an iridescent green stripe extending from the eye to the nape, and a vertical white bar on their flank.

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Green-winged Teal
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Green-winged Teal

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

It's the smallest dabbling duck found in North America!

Male Green-winged Teals make a unique high-pitched whistling sound.

Their wings beat so fast, they often make a blur in the air!

These tiny ducks can travel thousands of kilometers during migration!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Explosive Takeoff

Green-winged Teals can spring vertically from the water because of powerful leg muscles, helping them escape predators quickly.

Fähigkeit

Agile Flight

Green-winged Teals have strong, pointed wings that help them achieve fast, erratic flight patterns for evasive maneuvers.

Fähigkeit

Efficient Dabbling

Green-winged Teals can feed on the water's surface by tipping upside down, reaching food without fully submerging.

Maße und Details

Länge
32-40 cm
Flügelspannweite
53-60 cm
Gewicht
0.14-0.5 kg
Lebenserwartung
5-10 Jahre
Top Speed
72 km/h
Gelegegröße
8-11
Brutzeit
20-23 Tage
Zugstrecke
3200 km

Ernährung und Fütterung

These ducks feast on tiny seeds, aquatic plants, and small invertebrates found in shallow waters.

Hauptnahrung

  • Aquatic plant seeds
  • Grasses
  • Sedges
  • Insect larvae
  • Small crustaceans
  • Snails

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

hunts

Northern Harrier

Circus hudsonius

Preys on ducklings and sometimes adult teals.

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Red Fox

Vulpes vulpes

Raids nests for eggs and preys on ducklings and adults.

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American Mink

Neovison vison

A swift predator of teal eggs, ducklings, and adults.

Merkmale

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Always watch ducks from a distance and don't feed them bread.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Green-winged Teal?

32-40 cm

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Green-winged Teal?

53-60 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Green-winged Teal?

0.14-0.5 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Green-winged Teal?

5-10 Jahre

Was ist der/die/das top Speed von Green-winged Teal?

72 km/h

Was frisst Green-winged Teal?

These ducks feast on tiny seeds, aquatic plants, and small invertebrates found in shallow waters.

Wo findet man Green-winged Teal normalerweise?

Wetlands

Wie jagt Green-winged Teal?

Foraging

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