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title: "Blue-winged Teal"
description: "Spatula discors — Birds. The blue-winged teal (Spatula discors) is a species of bird in the duck, goose, and swan family Anatidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/blue-winged-teal
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Blue-winged Teal

> Spatula discors — Birds. The blue-winged teal (Spatula discors) is a species of bird in the duck, goose, and swan family Anatidae.

- Scientific name: *Spatula discors*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lakes & rivers)
- iNaturalist observations: 69015
- Wikidata: [Q28106778](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28106778)
- iNaturalist taxon: [558433](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/558433)

## Names

- en: Blue-winged Teal
- de: Blauflügelente
- es: Cerceta Alas Azules
- fr: Sarcelle à ailes bleues
- nl: Blauwvleugeltaling
- pl: Cyranka modroskrzydła

## Countries with the most observations

US (43086), MX (10418), CA (8819), CO (858), HN (262), CR (257), NI (206), PA (188), SV (151), EC (149), BS (70), CU (69)

## Summary

The blue-winged teal (Spatula discors) is a species of bird in the duck, goose, and swan family Anatidae. One of the smaller members of the dabbling duck group, it occurs in North America, where it breeds from southern Alaska to Nova Scotia, and south to northern Texas. It winters along the Pacific and Atlantic coasts and south into the Caribbean islands and Central America.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-winged_teal

## Photo

![Blue-winged Teal](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/blue-winged-teal/medium.jpg)

Photo: Chrissy McClarren and Andy Reago · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/109887338

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/blue-winged-teal?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).