A shame the blue and green parts of the wing aren't showing.
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Photo Properties
Make
Canon
Model
Canon EOS 5D
Aperture Value
f/8
Color Space
sRGB
Exposure Bias Value
0 EV
Exposure Program
Aperture Priority
Flash
Compulsory Flash
Focal Length
300 mm
ISO
200
Metering Mode
Multi-Segment
Shutter Speed Value
1/200 sec
Date/Time
Thu 04 Dec 2008 03:38:19 PM EST
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Defined: DKZ00039
English Blue-winged Teal
Scientific (Spatula discors)
Order ANSERIFORMES
Family (Latin) Anatidae
Family (English) Ducks, Geese, Swans
Other name(s) Sarcelle à ailes bleues
Breeding Regions NA
Breeding Range Subregions s Canada and USA
Nonbreeding Range Subregions MA, n SA
Countries (BETA)map Anguilla,Argentina,Austria,Bahamas,Barbados,Belize,Bermuda,Bolivia,Brazil,British Virgin Islands, Canada,Cayman Islands,Colombia,Costa Rica,Cuba,Czech Republic,Denmark,Dominican Republic,Ecuador - Galapagos Islands,Ecuador - mainland, Egypt,El Salvador,Finland,French Guiana,Greece,Guatemala,Guyana,Haiti,Honduras,Jamaica, Mexico,Montserrat,Netherlands Antilles,Nicaragua,Norway,Panama,Peru,Poland,Puerto Rico,Saint Lucia, Suriname,Switzerland,Trinidad and Tobago,Turks and Caicos Islands,United States - Alaska,United States - Hawaii,United States - mainland,Uruguay,Venezuela,Virgin Islands,
IOC 13.1 Subspecies Monotypic
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet )
Described by (Linnaeus, 1766)
German Blauflügelente
French Sarcelle à ailes bleues
Chinese 蓝翅鸭
Japanese ミカヅキシマアジ
Russian Синекрылый чирок
Spanish Cerceta aliazul
Portuguese pato-d'asa-azul
Bird Data App text A small duck (as are all teals) that migrates from North America to the tropics in large numbers. Male in {eclipse plumage} similar to female.
Show Breeding Range Codes and IUCN Status Codes
Breeding Range Codes
AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN Antarctica
AO Atlantic Ocean
AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
PAL Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO Indian Ocean
LA Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO Northern oceans
OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
PO Pacific Ocean
SA South America
SO Southern oceans
TO Temperate oceans
TrO Tropical oceans
Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes
EX Extinct
EW Extinct in the wild
CR Critically Endangered
EN Endangered
VU Vulnerable
NT Near Threatened
LC Least Concern
DD Data deficient
NE Not evaluated
PE Probably extinct (informal)
PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)