Green-winged Teal Anas crecca Scientific name definitions
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
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Albanian | Rosa këre |
Arabic | حذف شتوي |
Armenian | Սուլող մրտիմն |
Assamese | ঘিলা হাঁহ |
Asturian | Zarceta común |
Azerbaijani | Fitçi cürə |
Bangla (India) | তুলসীবিগরি |
Basque | Zertzeta arrunta |
Bulgarian | Зимно бърне |
Catalan | xarxet comú |
Chinese | 小水鴨 |
Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 綠翅鴨 |
Chinese (SIM) | 绿翅鸭/美洲绿翅鸭 |
Croatian | kržulja |
Czech | čírka obecná |
Danish | Krikand/Amerikansk Krikand |
Dutch | Wintertaling |
English | Green-winged Teal |
English (Bangladesh) | Green-winged Teal (Common Teal) |
English (India) | Green-winged Teal (Common Teal) |
English (Kenya) | Eurasian Teal |
English (UK) | Eurasian/Green-winged Teal |
English (United Arab Emirates) | Eurasian/Green-winged Teal |
English (United States) | Green-winged Teal |
Faroese | Krikkont |
Finnish | tavi |
French | Sarcelle d'hiver |
French (Canada) | Sarcelle d'hiver |
French (Guadeloupe) | Sarcelle à ailes vertes |
Galician | Cerceta eurasiática |
German | Krickente |
Greek | Κιρκίρι |
Gujarati | નાની મુરઘાબી |
Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Sasèl zèl vèt |
Hebrew | שרשיר |
Hindi | छोटी मुर्ग़ाबी |
Hungarian | Csörgő réce |
Icelandic | Urtönd |
Italian | Alzavola |
Japanese | コガモ |
Kannada | ಸೋಲರಿ ಹಕ್ಕಿ |
Korean | 쇠오리 / 미국쇠오리 |
Ladakhi | གཤོག་ལྗང་མ། |
Latvian | Krīklis |
Lithuanian | Rudagalvė/Žaliasparnė kryklė |
Malayalam | പട്ടക്കണ്ണൻ എരണ്ട |
Marathi | चक्रांग बदक |
Mongolian | Ногоохон нугас |
Nepali (India) | बिजुलगैरो |
Nepali (Nepal) | बिजुलागैरी |
Norwegian | krikkand |
Persian | خوتکای معمولی |
Polish | cyraneczka |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Marrequinha |
Punjabi (India) | ਕਰੜੀ |
Romanian | Rață mică |
Russian | Чирок-свистунок |
Serbian | Krdža |
Slovak | kačica chrapka |
Slovenian | Kreheljc |
Spanish | Cerceta Común |
Spanish (Costa Rica) | Cerceta Aliverde |
Spanish (Cuba) | Pato serrano |
Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Pato de la Carolina |
Spanish (Ecuador) | Cerceta Aliverde |
Spanish (Honduras) | Yaguasa Ala Verde |
Spanish (Mexico) | Cerceta Alas Verdes |
Spanish (Panama) | Cerceta Aliverde |
Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Pato Aliverde |
Spanish (Spain) | Cerceta común |
Spanish (Venezuela) | Barraquete Aliverde |
Swedish | kricka |
Telugu | పర్జా |
Thai | เป็ดปีกเขียว |
Turkish | Çamurcun |
Ukrainian | Чирянка мала |
Anas crecca Linnaeus, 1758
Definitions
- ANAS
- crecca
- Crecca
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
Introduction
The Green-winged Teal is North America's smallest dabbling duck. Unlike many of this continent's other dabblers, this one does not breed extensively in the prairie pothole region of the central continent. Instead it is most abundant in river deltas and forest wetlands of Canada and Alaska, where it nests in dense cover, often in shrubs or sedges. A migrant along all the major flyways, this is the second most abundant duck taken by hunters in North America. Because its breeding areas are far from human activity, however, its numbers have remained high and are even increasing.
This teal has a wide variety of courtship displays which it performs in rapid succession. Individuals form monogamous pairs for one breeding season, but paired males also attempt forced extra-pair copulations. Males desert females during incubation, so the female must provide all incubation and parental care. On its wintering grounds this species often congregates in large flocks and may move from region to region if conditions are unfavorable. In some regions, it forages day and night. Throughout its range, insect larvae plus the seeds of grasses and sedges make up the bulk of its diet.
Worldwide there are two recognized subspecies of Green-winged Teal: Anas crecca carolinensis in North America, A. c. crecca in Eurasia and the Aleutian Islands.
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding