Blue-winged Teal
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Blue-winged Teal

Spatula discors

Silhouette: Andy Wilson · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Santo Domingo

In 3 days <5%

7 Verified sightings at Santo Domingo
14,484 In all 62 parks From 2019 to 2026
November Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Blue-winged Teal

The blue-winged teal (Spatula discors) is a species of bird in the duck, goose, and swan family Anatidae. One of the smaller members of the dabbling duck group, it occurs in North America, where it breeds from southern Alaska to Nova Scotia, and south to northern Texas. It winters along the Pacific and Atlantic coasts and south into the Caribbean islands and Central America.

The first formal description of the blue-winged teal was by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1766 in the twelfth edition of his Systema Naturae. He coined the binomial name Anas discors. A molecular phylogentic study comparing mitochondrial DNA sequences published in 2009 found that the genus Anas, as then defined, was non-monophyletic. The genus was subsequently split into four monophyletic genera with ten species including the blue-winged teal moved into the resurrected genus Spatula. This genus had been originally proposed by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie in 1822. The name Spatula is the Latin for a "spoon" or "spatula". The specific epithet discors is the Latin for "different" or "at variance".

The blue-winged teal is 40 cm (16 in) long, with a wingspan of 58 cm... Wikipedia →

Sounds

Alarm call0:22

Canada · 2022

© CHRIS DRYSDALE · XC745966 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Song0:10

Colombia · 2019

© Fernando Castro · XC501464 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Call0:05

United States · 2017

© Paul Marvin · XC363099 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Elk Island National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
~60%
2 Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge 🇺🇸 United States
~50%
3 Palo Verde National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
4 Isla del Coco National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
5 Lago de Yojoa 🇭🇳 Honduras
~30%
6 Celestún Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~30%
7 Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
~20%
8 Ciénaga de Zapata 🇨🇺 Cuba
~20%
9 Jaragua National Park 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
~20%
10 Riding Mountain National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
~20%
11 Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
~10%
12 Padre Island National Seashore 🇺🇸 United States
~10%
13 Bastimentos Island National Marine Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~10%
14 El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~10%
15 Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~10%
16 Caroni Swamp 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
~10%
17 Bahía de Loreto National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
~10%
18 Banff National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
~10%
19 Yellowstone National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~10%
20 San Lorenzo Protected Forest 🇵🇦 Panama
~10%
21 Big Bend National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~10%
22 Everglades National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~10%
23 Badlands National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~10%
24 La Amistad International Park (Panama) 🇵🇦 Panama
~10%
25 Point Pelee National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
~10%
26 Calakmul Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~10%
27 Jasper National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
~10%
28 Kluane National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
<5%
29 Death Valley National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
30 Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
<5%
31 Big Cypress National Preserve 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
32 Carara National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
33 Santa Rosa National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
34 Tortuguero National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
35 Isle Royale National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
36 Grand Teton National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
37 Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve 🇪🇨 Ecuador
<5%
38 Las Baulas Marine National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
39 Channel Islands National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
40 Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
<5%
41 Rocky Mountain National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
42 Grand Canyon National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
43 Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
44 Soberanía National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%
45 Tayrona National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%
46 Galápagos Islands 🇪🇨 Ecuador
<5%
47 Manuel Antonio National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
48 Yasuní National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
<5%
49 Great Smoky Mountains National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
50 Piedras Blancas National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
51 Great Bear Rainforest 🇨🇦 Canada
<5%
52 Pacific Rim National Park Reserve 🇨🇦 Canada
<5%
53 Glacier National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
54 Cumbres de Monterrey National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
<5%
55 Corcovado National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
56 Saguaro National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
57 Tenorio Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
58 Acadia National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
59 Shenandoah National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
60 Olympic National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
61 Los Nevados National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%
62 Arenal Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 León 🇲🇽 México
~30%
2 Bogota 🇨🇴 Colombia
~20%
3 San Luis Potosí 🇲🇽 México
~20%
4 Mexico City 🇲🇽 México
~10%
5 Miami 🇺🇸 United States
~10%
6 Panama City 🇵🇦 Panama
~10%
7 Calgary 🇨🇦 Canada
~10%
8 Edmonton 🇨🇦 Canada
~10%
9 San Diego 🇺🇸 United States
~10%
10 Los Angeles 🇺🇸 United States
~10%

Zoos & Centres Where Found

# Zoo / Centre Country
1 National Zoological Park 🇺🇸 United States In captivity
2 Ecomuseum Zoo 🇨🇦 Canada In captivity
3 Columbus Zoo and Aquarium 🇺🇸 United States In captivity
4 Sedgwick County Zoo 🇺🇸 United States In captivity
5 Parque y Zoológico Nacional Arquitecto Manuel Valverde Podestá 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic In captivity
6 Phoenix Zoo 🇺🇸 United States In captivity
7 The Maryland Zoo 🇺🇸 United States In captivity
8 Xcaret 🇲🇽 Mexico In captivity
9 Dakota Zoo 🇺🇸 United States In captivity
10 Saint Louis Zoo 🇺🇸 United States In captivity
11 Centro Cicogne e Anatidi 🇮🇹 Italy In captivity
12 Cologne Zoological Garden 🇩🇪 Germany In captivity
13 Aviario Nacional de Colombia 🇨🇴 Colombia In captivity
14 Zoológico Thomas Belt 🇳🇮 Nicaragua In captivity
15 Tracy Aviary 🇺🇸 United States In captivity
16 Aquarium of the Americas 🇺🇸 United States In captivity
17 Florida Aquarium 🇺🇸 United States In captivity
18 Ralph Perkins II Wildlife Center and Woods Garden 🇺🇸 United States In captivity
19 Texas State Aquarium 🇺🇸 United States In captivity
20 Cologne Zoo Aquarium 🇩🇪 Germany In captivity
21 Les Oiseaux du Marais Poitevin 🇫🇷 France In captivity
22 Ogród Zoologiczny w Katowicach 🇵🇱 Poland In captivity

Closest Relatives at Santo Domingo

West Indian Whistling-Duck
NT

West Indian Whistling-Duck

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Dendrocygna arborea

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely
Muscovy Duck
LC

Muscovy Duck

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Cairina moschata

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
White-cheeked Pintail
LC

White-cheeked Pintail

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Anas bahamensis

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
Palmchat
LC

Palmchat

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Dulus dominicus

Daily sighting probability ~90% · Very likely
Hispaniolan Woodpecker
LC

Hispaniolan Woodpecker

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Melanerpes striatus

Daily sighting probability ~90% · Very likely
Bananaquit
LC

Bananaquit

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Coereba flaveola

Daily sighting probability ~90% · Very likely
Northern Mockingbird
LC

Northern Mockingbird

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Mimus polyglottos

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely
Mourning Dove
LC

Mourning Dove

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Zenaida macroura

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely
Antillean Palm Swift
LC

Antillean Palm Swift

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tachornis phoenicobia

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely
Gray Kingbird
LC

Gray Kingbird

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tyrannus dominicensis

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely
Hispaniolan Parakeet

Hispaniolan Parakeet

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Aratinga chloroptera

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely
Greater Antillean Grackle
LC

Greater Antillean Grackle

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Quiscalus niger

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Blue-winged Teal in Santo Domingo?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-winged Teal sighting in Santo Domingo on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 100th most-seen of the 110 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Blue-winged Teal in Santo Domingo?

Any time of year

In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-winged Teal in Santo Domingo on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.

What time of day is best to see a Blue-winged Teal?

Between 9 am and noon

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Blue-winged Teal sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Santo Domingo the best place to see a Blue-winged Teal?

43rd of 55

Of the 55 cities where we can rate Blue-winged Teal sightings, Santo Domingo ranks 43rd at under 5%. The best odds are in León (México, about 30%), Bogota (Colombia, about 20%) and San Luis Potosí (México, about 20%).

Which relatives of the Blue-winged Teal live in Santo Domingo?

Same family: Anatidae

The closest relatives of the Blue-winged Teal that you can see in Santo Domingo (family Anatidae, Ducks, Geese, and Swans) are West Indian Whistling-Duck (about 40%) and Muscovy Duck (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Blue-winged Teal sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Blue-winged Teal is recorded against all the birds logged in Santo Domingo (7 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.

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