Common Teal
Anas crecca
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderAnseriformes
- FamilyAnatidae (Anàtids)
- GenusAnas (Mallards, Pintails, and Allies)
- SpeciesAnas crecca (Common Teal)
The Eurasian teal (Anas crecca), common teal, or Eurasian green-winged teal is a common and widespread duck that breeds in temperate Eurosiberia and migrates south in winter. The Eurasian teal is often called simply the teal due to being the only one of these small dabbling ducks in much of its range. The bird gives its name to the blue-green colour teal. It is a highly gregarious duck outside the breeding season and can form large flocks. It is commonly found in sheltered wetlands and feeds on seeds and aquatic invertebrates. The North American green-winged teal (A. carolinensis) was formerly (and sometimes is still) considered a subspecies of A. crecca. Wikipedia →
<5% of wildlife watchers report a Common Teal sighting in Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, based on 15 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve
Northern Pintail
Anas acuta
Blue-winged Teal
Spatula discors
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna autumnalis
Ring-necked Duck
Aythya collaris
Swan Goose
Anser cygnoides
Cinnamon Teal
Spatula cyanoptera
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serrator
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeata
Lesser Scaup
Aythya affinis
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschata
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna bicolor
American Wigeon
Mareca americana
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Common Teal in Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve?
About 2% of wildlife watchers report a Common Teal sighting in Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, based on 15 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Common Teal in Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve?
February has the highest sighting rate for Common Teal in Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve in our monthly data.