AMERICAN GREEN- WINGED TEAL 
ANAS CAROLWENStS Gmelin 
(P late 31; Plate 32) 
Synonymy 
Ana^ carolinensis Gmelin, Linne’s Systema Natura;, ed. 13, vol. 1, pt. 2, p. 533, 1778. 
Anas americana Bonnaterre {nec Gmelia), Encyclop. Methodique, vol. 1, p. 155, 
1791. 
Anas migratoria Bartram, Travels in Florida, p. 295, 1791. 
Anas crecca Wilson {nec Linne), American Ornith., vol. 8, p. 101, pi. 60, fig. 1, 1814. 
Anas syhaiica Vieillot, Nouveau Dictionnaire d’Hist. Nat., vol. 5, p. 167, 1816. 
Querquedula carolinensis Stephens, General Zool., vol. 12, pt. 2, p. 148, 1824. 
Boschas carolinensis Jardine ed. Wilson’s American Ornith., vol. 3, p. 124, 1832. 
Boschas crecca americana Denny, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1847, p. 40. 
Nettion carolinensis Baird, Birds No. America, p. 777, 1858. 
Querquedula americana Murray, Edinburgh New Philos. Journ., vol. 9, p. 230, 1859. 
Nettion carolinense Blakiston, Ibis, ser. 1, vol. 4, p. 9, 1862. 
Querquedula crecca, var. carolinensis Dubois, Faune Vertebr. Belg., Oiseaux, vol. 2, 
p. 453, 1892. 
Vernacular Names 
English: Green-winged Teal, American Teal, Winter Teal, Green-wing, Mud Teal, 
Red-headed Teal. 
French: Sarcelle a ailes vertes, Cognotte, Sarcelle d’hiver. 
German: Griinfliigelige Krickente, Amerikanische Krickente, Krantente. 
Spanish: Pato floridano, Zarceta de otono, Zarceta de invierno. 
Mexican: Metzcanauhtli, Cincuitzcatl. 
Eskimo: Ting-a-zo-me-ok. 
DESCRIPTION 
Adult Male: Similar to the European Green-winged Teal, Anas crecca, but the white line along 
base of culmen and over eye is obsolete, or nearly so. The white line along the edge of the green patch 
under the eye is also very much reduced, or absent; the vermiculations on the mantle are less bold, 
and there is no white in the long outer scapulars. On each side of the breast, at the bend of the wing, 
is a broad white crescent, as in Anas formosa. 
Iris dark brovm. Bill hlack. Legs and feet olive-gray, darker at the joints; webs browmish black. 
Wing 180-190 mm.; tarsus 28-31; culmen 35-39. 
Weight to 12 ounces (0.37 kilograms) and about an ounce more at times. 
