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Introduction
What the Blue-winged Teal Looks Like
The Blue-winged Teal has overall_color color of brown and slate-blue and white.
The Blue-winged Teal has above_color color of brown and slate-blue and white.
The Blue-winged Teal has head color of slate-blue.
The Blue-winged Teal has face color of slate-blue and white.
The Blue-winged Teal has below_color color of brown.
The Blue-winged Teal has back color of brown.
The Blue-winged Teal has bill color of blackish.
The Blue-winged Teal has wing color of powder-blue and white and brown.
The Blue-winged Teal has belly color of brown.
The Blue-winged Teal has tail color of brownish.
The Blue-winged Teal has chest color of brown.
The Blue-winged Teal has neck color of brown.
Weight, Length, and Wingspan of the Blue-winged Teal
The length of the Blue-winged Teal is from 14.2 inches to 16.1 inches (36.1 cm to 40.9 cm).
The weight of the Blue-winged Teal is from 8.1 ounces to 19.2 ounces (229.6 grams to 544.3 grams).
The wingspan of the Blue-winged Teal is from 22.1 inches to 24.4 inches (56.1 cm to 62.0 cm).
Pictures of the Blue-winged Teal
Blue-winged Teal, blue wing teal duck by watts_photos, from flickr, licensed under CC
Blue-winged Teal, Blue-winged Teal by YoungSue, from flickr, licensed under CC
Blue-winged Teal, Blue-winged Teal by Aztlek, from flickr, licensed under CC
Blue-winged Teal, Blue-winged Teal by USFWS Mountain Prairie, from flickr, licensed under CC
Blue-winged Teal, Blue-winged Teal by atlnature, from flickr, licensed under CC
Blue-winged Teal, Blue-winged Teal by fishhawk, from flickr, licensed under CC
Blue-winged Teal, Blue-winged Teal by YoungSue, from flickr, licensed under CC
Blue-winged Teal, Blue-winged Teal by YoungSue, from flickr, licensed under CC
Blue-winged Teal, Blue-winged Teal by YoungSue, from flickr, licensed under CC
adult Blue-winged Teal, Blue Winged Teal by sfbaywalk, from flickr, licensed under CC
male Blue-winged Teal, Blue-winged Teal (male) by atlnature, from flickr, licensed under CC
male Blue-winged Teal, Blue-winged Teal (male) by don r faulkner, from flickr, licensed under CC
male Blue-winged Teal, Blue-winged Teal by flythebirdpath > > >, from flickr, licensed under CC
male Blue-winged Teal, Blue-winged Teal Male by ksblack99, from flickr, licensed under CC
male Blue-winged Teal, Male blue-winged teal by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service – Midwest Region, from flickr, licensed under CC
male Blue-winged Teal, Blue Winged Teal by sfbaywalk, from flickr, licensed under CC
female Blue-winged Teal, Female Blue Winged Teal by steffofsd, from flickr, licensed under CC
female Blue-winged Teal, Blue-winged Teal Female by ksblack99, from flickr, licensed under CC
female Blue-winged Teal, Female Blue Winged Teal by steffofsd, from flickr, licensed under CC
flight Blue-winged Teal, Blue-winged teal in flight Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge by USFWS Headquarters, from flickr, licensed under CC
flight Blue-winged Teal, Blue-wing teal in flight by synspectrum, from flickr, licensed under CC
flight Blue-winged Teal, Blue Winged Teals in Flight by Shawn McCready, from flickr, licensed under CC
flight Blue-winged Teal, Blue-wing teal in flight by synspectrum, from flickr, licensed under CC
flight Blue-winged Teal, Blue-winged teal in flight by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service – Midwest Region, from flickr, licensed under CC
flight Blue-winged Teal, Blue-wing teal in flight by synspectrum, from flickr, licensed under CC
flight Blue-winged Teal, Blue-winged teal in flight by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service – Midwest Region, from flickr, licensed under CC
flight Blue-winged Teal, Blue-winged teal in flight by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service – Midwest Region, from flickr, licensed under CC
flight Blue-winged Teal, Blue-winged teal in flight by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service – Midwest Region, from flickr, licensed under CC
Feeding Behavior of the Blue-winged Teal
Forages in extremely shallow water, taking food from the surface or swimming forward with its head partially underneath.
It hardly never upends and almost never eats away from the water.
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What the Blue-winged Teal Likes to Eat
The Blue-winged Teal feeds on the following:
- seeds of various grasses
- sedges
- pondweeds
- smartweeds
- snails
- bivalves
- insects
- crustaceans
- other animal matter
Where To Find the Blue-winged Teal
You can find the Blue-winged Teal in the following habitats:
