Blue-winged x Green-winged Teal (hybrid)

Spatula discors x Anas crecca

Status: Accidental in spring

Record: The only record is of one photographed in Seward Co 25 Apr 2019 (Strycker, eBird.org).

Comments: Wild hybrids involving Green-winged Teal are rare but have been reported with American Wigeon, Mallard, Northern Pintail, and Northern Shoveler (Johnson et al 2020). Hybrids of Green-winged Teal and Baikal Teal, Garganey, and Gadwall are quite similar (photographs in Johnson et al 2020), although only the latter is reasonably possible in North America.

There are only six records of hybrid Blue-winged Teal x Green-winged Teal on the Great Plains; apart from Nebraska’s, the other five are in North Dakota 24 Apr, Colorado 20 Apr, Iowa 16 Apr, Missouri 9 Apr-9 May, and Kansas 3 Apr (eBird.org, accessed Mar 2024).

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Literature Cited

Johnson, K., C. Carboneras, D. A. Christie, and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (S. M. Billerman, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.gnwtea.01.

Recommended Citation

Silcock, W.R., and J.G. Jorgensen. 2024. Blue-winged x Green-winged Teal (hybrid) (Spatula discors x Anas crecca). In Birds of Nebraska — Online. www.BirdsofNebraska.org

Updated 17 Mar 2024