Common Teal

Latin Name: 
Anas crecca
Category: 
Size: 
32cm
Description: 

Male: greyish with chestnut head with broad metallic-green band from eye to nape with yellow-white border. Black, green and buff wing speculum. Female:
mottled dark and light brown; pale belly and black and green wing speculum. Most common migratory duck. Swift flier and difficult to circumvent.

Habitat: 
jheels, marshes, village ponds.
Food: 
tender shoots and grains; mostly vegetarian.
Distribution: 
entire subcontinent in winter.
Call: 
Call Description: 
krit…krit…, also wheezy quack.
National Status: