Green-winged Teal

Anas crecca

Pato Serrano,
Pato Aliverde

 

 

Audio 2 (M. Oberle)

 
Photo: G. Beaton

 

A small duck with a reddish brown head, a green wing patch, and an iridescent green line through the eye. Length: 34-43 cm; weight: 340-360 g. Audio 2 (M. Oberle). Breeds in wetlands through much of North America and Eurasia. An uncommon winter visitor in wetlands on Puerto Rico, such as at the Humacao Nature Reserve.

TAXONOMY: ANSERIFORMES; ANATIDAE; Anatinae

 
   
 
Female - Photo: G. Beaton
 

 

 
Female - Photo: B. Hallett
 
References

Bent, A.C. 1923. Life histories of North American wild fowl, part I. Smithsonian Inst. US National Museum Bull. 126. (Reprinted by Dover Press, NY, 1962).

del Hoyo, J., A. Elliott, and J. Sargatal, eds. 1992. Handbook of Birds of the World, Vol. 1. Ostrich to ducks. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

Ehrlich, P.R., D.S. Dobkin, and D. Wheye. 1988. The birder’s handbook: a field guide to the natural history of North American birds. Simon and Schuster/Fireside, NY.

Johnson, K. P. 1996. Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca). No. 193 in The birds of North America (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). Acad. Nat. Sci., Philadelphia, PA, and Am. Ornithol. Union, Washington, D.C.

Madge, S. and H. Burn. 1988. Wildfowl: an identification guide to the ducks, geese, and swans of the world. C. Helm, London.

PΘrez-Rivera, R.A. 1980. Algunas notas sobre migraci≤n de aves en Puerto Rico. Science-Ciencia 7(4):123-126.

Raffaele, H.A. 1989. A guide to the birds of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Princeton.

Raffaele, H.A. 1989. Una guia a las aves de Puerto Rico y las Islas Vφrgenes. Publishing Resources, Inc., Santurce, PR.

Raffaele, H.A., J.W. Wiley, O.H. Garrido, A.R. Keith, and J.I. Raffaele. 1998. Guide to the birds of the West Indies. Princeton.

Green-winged Teal, Spanish text

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