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WILDLIFE SPECIES: Anas discors | Blue-Winged Teal 



ABBREVIATION : 
ANDI

COMMON NAMES : 
   blue-winged teal
   bluewing
   summer teal
   white-faced teal


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name for the blue-winged teal is Anas
discors Linnaeus [21].  The two subspecies recognized are listed below
[1,10]:

        A. discors spp. discors (western blue-winged teal)
        A. discors spp. orphna Stewart and Aldrich (Atlantic blue-winged teal)

The blue-winged teal hybridizes with the cinnamon teal (A. cyanoptera) [21].


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 discors. In: Remainder of Citation

Related categories for Wildlife Species: Anas discors | Blue-Winged Teal