Eurasian teal

Eurasian teal
Wintering male from Mangaon, Maharashtra, India
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Anseriformes
Family:	Anatidae
Genus:	Anas
Species:	A. crecca
Binomial name
Anas crecca Linnaeus, 1758
Distribution map light green : nesting area blue : wintering area dark green : resident all year
Synonyms
Anas crecca crecca Linnaeus, 1758 Anas crecca nimia Friedmann, 1948

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.^[2] 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.^[3] 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.