Uploaded April 2020 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
They prefer shallow ponds with lots of emergent vegetation.
They have short, blocky bodies and their tails sit high out of the water. The head is large, neck is short, and the bill is relatively small.
They feed on seeds of sedges, smartweeds, grasses, pondweeds, aquatic insects, mollusks, crustaceans and tadpoles found while foraging adjacent to mudflats or while also dabbling in shallow water.
The natty male has a cinnamon-colored head with a gleaming green crescent that extends from the eye to the back of the head. Dark grey body .
The females are brown with a yellowish streak along the tail. Both sexes have a green wing patches in the secondaries speculum.
Green-winged teals have closely spaced comblike projections called lamellae around the inner edge of the bill. They use them to filter tiny invertebrates from the water, This allows them to capture smaller food items then other dabbing ducks.
Teals have one of the most elaborate mating dances of all duck species.
This is a noisy species. The female has a feeble quack. The male has a clear whistle.
They prefer shallow ponds with lots of emergent vegetation.
They have short, blocky bodies and their tails sit high out of the water. The head is large, neck is short, and the bill is relatively small.
They feed on seeds of sedges, smartweeds, grasses, pondweeds, aquatic insects, mollusks, crustaceans and tadpoles found while foraging adjacent to mudflats or while also dabbling in shallow water.
The natty male has a cinnamon-colored head with a gleaming green crescent that extends from the eye to the back of the head. Dark grey body .
The females are brown with a yellowish streak along the tail. Both sexes have a green wing patches in the secondaries speculum.
Green-winged teals have closely spaced comblike projections called lamellae around the inner edge of the bill. They use them to filter tiny invertebrates from the water, This allows them to capture smaller food items then other dabbing ducks.
Teals have one of the most elaborate mating dances of all duck species.
This is a noisy species. The female has a feeble quack. The male has a clear whistle.
