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A querquedula
Teal Teal, n. [OE. tele; akin to D. teling a generation, production, teal, telen to breed, produce, and E. till to cultivate. The English word probably once meant, a brood or flock. See Till to cultivate.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of small fresh-water ducks of the genus Anas and the subgenera Querquedula and Nettion. The male is handsomely colored, and has a bright green or blue speculum on the wings. Note: The common European teal (Anas crecca) and the European blue-winged teal, or garganey (A. querquedula or A. circia), are well-known species. In America the blue-winged teal (A. discors), the green-winged teal (A. Carolinensis), and the cinnamon teal (A. cynaoptera) are common species, valued as game birds. See Garganey. Goose teal, a goslet. See Goslet. Teal duck, the common European teal.
Anas querquedula
Garganey Gar"ga*ney, n. (Zo["o]l.) A small European duck (Anas querquedula); -- called also cricket teal, and summer teal.

Meaning of Querquedula from wikipedia

- The garganey (Spatula querquedula) is a small dabbling duck. It breeds in much of Europe and across the Palearctic, but is strictly migratory, with the...
- spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia), a bird JPL · 8754 8755 Querquedula 4586 P-L The garganey (Anas querquedula), a bird JPL · 8755 8756 Mollissima 6588 P-L The...
- The cinnamon teal (Spatula cyanoptera) is a species of duck found in western North and South America. It is a small dabbling duck, with bright reddish...
- The Baikal teal (Sibirionetta formosa), also called the bimaculate duck or squawk duck, is a dabbling duck that breeds in eastern Russia and winters in...
- discors (Linnaeus, 1766)   Breeding   Migration   Year-round   Nonbreeding Synonyms Querquedula discors (Linnaeus, 1766) Anas discors Linnaeus, 1766...
- called it phascade or querquedula minor ("lesser teal"), and was duly referenced by Francis Willughby who named the species querquedula secunda Aldrovandi...
- colours. Cacharel is named after the local name of the garganey (Anas querquedula, a small duck) in the Camargue (cacharel, standard French sarcelle d'été)...
- over type specimens. It has been also referred as Anas hottentota. and Querquedula hottentota. Blue-billed teal is considered monotypic, with no subspecies...
- German ornithologist Gustav Hartlaub in 1860 under the binomial name Querquedula bernieri. It is one of many dabbling ducks in the genus Anas. It is one...
- Subspecies: A. g. georgica Trinomial name Anas georgica georgica Gmelin, 1789 Synonyms Nettion georgica Nettium georgica Querquedula georgica Anas georgica...