Altogether, the Eurasian Teal is much less common than its American counterpart, though still very plentiful.

The Eurasian Teal breeds across northern Eurasia and mostly winters well south of its breeding range.

The Eurasian Teal usually feeds by dabbling, upending or grazing; it may submerge its head and on occasion even dive to reach food.

The Eurasian Teal is often called simply the Teal due to being the only one of these small dabbling ducks in much of its range.

Eurasian Teal, Northern Shoveler Gadwall and Common Pochard occupy the open water.

The Eurasian Teal was first scientifically named by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 edition of Systema naturae.

Nevins also noted the Eurasian Teal as a resident in the winter, when the lake was present and the waters hadn't drained down the chasm to the Hasbani.

Large numbers of ducks winter along the coast, including many Eurasian Wigeons, Eurasian Teals, Mallards and Gadwalls, Goldeneyes and Northern Pintails.

The Eurasian Teal or Common Teal (Anas crecca) is a common and widespread duck which breeds in temperate Eurasia and migrates south in winter.

The Eurasian Teal is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.

Some of the common species of birds reported are cattle egret, great egret, snowy egret American black duck, ring-necked duck, American wigeon, Eurasian teal and blue-winged teal.

Other common species include the Barrow's Goldeneye, Red-breasted Merganser, Wigeon, Gadwall, Mallard, Common Scoter, Long-tailed duck and Eurasian Teal.

The inner Forth hosts populations of Common Shelduck, Red Knot, Common Redshank, Great Crested Grebe, Eurasian Teal and Common Goldeneye.

The Lakes are attracting increasing numbers of wildfowl during the winter, including Mallard, Eurasian Teal, Northern Shoveler, Tufted Duck, Common Pochard, Gadwall and Eurasian Wigeon.

The IUCN and BirdLife International classify the Eurasian Teal as a Species of Least Concern, unchanged from their assessment before the split of the more numerous A. carolinensis.

Thus, the scientific name of the Eurasian Teal - unchanged since Linnaeus' time - translates as "duck that makes cryc"; common names like the Bokmål krikkand, Danish krikand and German Krickente mean the same.

The Eurasian Teal belongs to the "true" teals, a group of small Anas dabbling ducks closely related to the Mallard (A. platyrhynchos) and its relatives; that latter group in fact seems to have evolved from a true teal.

In and around the lakes there are plenty of Anatinae, such as Long-tailed Duck, Eurasian Teal and Common Scoter as well as many Waders, which include Red-necked Phalarope, Ruff, Temminck's Stint and Common Redshank.

It is named after the Common Teal, a member of the duck family, whose eyes are surrounded by the color.

Separation from female Common Teal is problematic.

The Common Teal or dabbling duck is the smallest migartory bird found in the lake.

Like other small ducks such as the Common Teal, this species rises easily from the water with a fast twisting wader-like flight.

A large flock of Common Teal and Cotton Pygmy-goose is found.

Teal gets its name from the fact that it surrounds the eyes of the common teal, a member of the duck family.

Birds such as Eurasian Wigeon and Common Teal also roost.

The juvenile has a plumage similar to that of the female and can be distinguished from the Common Teal by the pale loral spot.

The backwaters and wetlands host thousands of migrant common teal, ducks and cormorants every year who reach here from long distances.

The Common Teal nest in Ullinish.

Numerous species of bird nest in the reserve, including the common teal, Shoveler, warbler, kingfisher, water rail, and nightingale.

The river also houses a number of species of birds, including the egrets, the grey heron, northern shoveler, common teal and mallard.

Some of the visitors to the lake include the cormorants, Ruddy Shelduck, Serpent eagle, common teal.

The marshy habitat is most attractive for water bird species such as common teal, shell duck, mallard, pochard, flamingo and pelican.

As stretches of the watercourse remains ice-free during winters, it attracts ducks and Common Teal has been seen spending winters here.

Common Teal and Green-winged Teal: Iridescent green edged with buff.

Common Teal (Anas crecca).

It is a dark cyan color that is a representation of the color of the neck coloring of a duck called the common teal.

Migrating waterfowl like the loon, common teal, goldeneye, merganser, and bufflehead stop by Lake Wilhelm in the spring and fall.

Amongst the most recorded are Tufted Duck, Goldeneye, Goosander and Common Teal.

Some care is needed in separating the brown female from the similar Common Teal, but the stronger face markings and more frequent head-shaking when dabbling are good indicators.

John Ray may be credited with formally introducing the name "Common Teal", while Eleazar Albin called it simply "the teal".

Besides this 6 pintail ducks a few cormorant 5 red crested pochard(rhodonesa rufina), common coot, common teal, black-headed ibises, 2 stilts were also sighted.

Breeding species include Great Crested Grebe, Common Teal, Common Snipe, and Reed Bunting.

It is also an important over wintering site for wildfowl including large numbers of Eurasian Wigeon, Common Teal and a flock of Greater White-fronted Geese.

Common Teal (Anas crecca).

TEAL Anas crecca.

The Eurasian Teal or Common Teal (Anas crecca) is a common and widespread duck which breeds in temperate Eurasia and migrates south in winter.

It is designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest as it supports nationally important wintering populations of Shoveler (Anas clypeata) and Teal (Anas crecca).

During the winter, Great-crested and Black-necked grebes, Red-crested Pochards, Mallard, Common Teal (Anas crecca), and Common Merganser are common.

The irregular shoreline, with islands, promontories, sheltered eutrophic pools and narrow lagoons provides undisturbed habitat for many water birds including surface feeding ducks such as Teal (Anas crecca) and Shoveler (Anas clypeata).

Teal Anas crecca, Water Rail Rallus aquaticus, Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea, Grey Heron Ardea cinerea and Kingfisher Alcedo atthis are regular visitors or resident.

Overwintering: Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica, Greylag Goose Anser anser, Wigeon Anas penelope, Curlew Numenius arquata, Dunlin Calidris alpina alpina, Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus and Teal Anas crecca.

In fact, the description he used in Systema Naturae was the name under which the bird went in the Fauna Svecica, demonstrating the value of his new binomial nomenclature by compressing the long-winded names formerly used in biological classification into much simpler scientific names like Anas crecca.