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WILDLIFE SPECIES: Anas crecca | Green-Winged Teal 



ABBREVIATION : 
ANCR

COMMON NAMES : 
   green-winged teal
   common teal
   greenwing
   northern greenwinged teal
   teal
   mud teal
   butterball
   American green-winged teal


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name for the green-winged teal is Anas
crecca.  The three recognized subspecies are [1,4,9]:

        A. c. ssp. crecca (European green-winged teal)
        A. c. ssp. nimia Friedmann (Aleutian green-winged teal)
        A. c. ssp. carolinensis Gmelin (American green-winged teal)

This report will deal primarily with the American green-winged teal.


ORDER : 
Anseriformes

CLASS : 
Bird

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
Julie L. Tesky, March 1993


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Tesky, Julie L. 1993. Anas crecca. In: Remainder of Citation

Related categories for Wildlife Species: Anas crecca | Green-Winged Teal