Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis
Green-winged Teals are scarce but regular visitors to the UK from North America. They were formerly regarded as a race of our Teal Anas crecca but now most authorities regard them as a separate species.
%20L.JPG "Green-winged Teal, Strumpshaw Fen, 8-Feb-09") |
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male Green-winged Teal, Strumpshaw Fen (Norfolk, UK), 8th February 2009
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%20L.JPG "Green-winged Teal, Reifel, 8-Sep-06") |
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Green-winged Teal, Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary (BC, Canada), 8th September 2006
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Green-winged Teal, Swan Lake, Victoria (BC, Canada), 13th September 2006
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male Green-winged Teal, Hayle Estuary (Cornwall, UK), 1st January 2004
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%20L.JPG "Green-winged Teal, Cley, 3-Dec-11") |
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male Green-winged Teal, Cley (Norfolk, UK), 3rd December 2011
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When identifying out of range Green-winged Teals, care must be taken to eliminate hybirds with Eurasian Teal.
%20T.jpg "Teal, Buckenham, 1-Jan-10")
%20T.JPG "Teal, Brancaster Staithe, 18-Feb-05")
%20T.JPG "Teal x Green-winged Teal hybrid, Salthouse, 10-Feb-08")
%20T.JPG "Blue-winged Teal, Famosa Slough, 19-Apr-05")
%20T.JPG "Cinnamon Teal, Reifel, 8-Sep-06")
