Blue-winged Teal

Spatula discors - Sarcelle à ailes bleues

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Anseriformes

  • Family
    :

    Anatidés

  • Genus
    :

    Spatula

  • Species
    :

    discors

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1766

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 41 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 60 à 64 cm.
  • Weight
    : 273 à 410 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Sarcelle à ailes bleues
♂ adult plum. breeding
Sarcelle à ailes bleues
♀ adult plum. breeding

Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors) is a species of bird in the Anatidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Sarcelle à ailes bleues,
  • Cerceta aliazul,
  • pato-d'asa-azul,
  • Blauflügelente,
  • kékszárnyú réce,
  • Blauwvleugeltaling,
  • Marzaiola americana,
  • blåvingad årta,
  • Blåvingeand,
  • kačica modrokrídla,
  • čírka modrokřídlá,
  • Blåvinget And,
  • sinisiipitavi,
  • xarxet alablau,
  • Bláönd,
  • cyranka modroskrzydła,
  • zilspārnu krīklis,
  • modroperuta reglja,
  • Синекрылый чирок,
  • ミカヅキシマアジ,
  • 蓝翅鸭,
  • 藍翅鴨,

Voice song and cries

Sarcelle à ailes bleues
♂ adult plum. breeding

Habitat

Sarcelle à ailes bleues
♂ adult plum. breeding

Grassland : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Wetlands (inland) : Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha) ; Marine Intertidal : Salt Marshes (Emergent Grasses) ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes, Coastal Freshwater Lakes

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

QRcode Sarcelle à ailes bleues
published: - Updated: 01-04-2009
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