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 →
5–10% of wildlife watchers report a Common Teal sighting in Kanha National Park, based on 284 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Kanha National Park
Northern Pintail
Anas acuta
Indian Spot-billed Duck
Anas poecilorhyncha
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
Cotton Pygmy-Goose
Nettapus coromandelianus
Lesser Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna javanica
Gadwall
Mareca strepera
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufina
Common Pochard
Aythya ferina
Bar-headed Goose
Anser indicus
Garganey
Spatula querquedula
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeata
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelope
📅 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 Kanha National Park?
About 6% of wildlife watchers report a Common Teal sighting in Kanha National Park, based on 284 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Common Teal in Kanha National Park?
February has the highest sighting rate for Common Teal in Kanha National Park in our monthly data.