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.

Green-winged Teal, Strumpshaw Fen, 8-Feb-09 Green-winged Teal, Strumpshaw Fen, 8-Feb-09
Green-winged Teal, Strumpshaw Fen, 8-Feb-09 Green-winged Teal, Strumpshaw Fen, 8-Feb-09

male Green-winged Teal, Strumpshaw Fen (Norfolk, UK), 8th February 2009

 

Green-winged Teal, Reifel, 8-Sep-06 Green-winged Teal, Swan Lake, 13-Sep-06

Green-winged Teal, Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary (BC, Canada), 8th September 2006

 

Green-winged Teal, Swan Lake, Victoria (BC, Canada), 13th September 2006

 

Green-winged Teal, Hayle, 1-Jan-04

 

male Green-winged Teal, Hayle Estuary (Cornwall, UK), 1st January 2004

 

When identifying out of range Green-winged Teals, care must be taken to eliminate hybirds with Eurasian Teal.