Blue-winged Teal
Spatula discors
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderAnseriformes
- FamilyAnatidae (Anàtids)
- GenusSpatula (Shovelers and Allies)
- SpeciesSpatula discors (Blue-winged Teal)
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. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Cape Breton Highlands National Park
American Black Duck
Anas rubripes
Common Eider
Somateria mollissima
American White-winged Scoter
Melanitta deglandi
Canada Goose
Branta canadensis
Common Goldeneye
Bucephala clangula
Surf Scoter
Melanitta perspicillata
Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalis
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serrator
Black Scoter
Melanitta americana
Common Merganser
Mergus merganser
Harlequin Duck
Histrionicus histrionicus
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Blue-winged Teal at Cape Breton Highlands National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ 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