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Blue-winged teal

North America·Bird

These ducks are among the last to migrate north in spring, but one of the first to migrate south in the fall. They fly great distances, sometimes as far as Alberta, Canada to Venezuela- a distance over 4,000 miles.

  • Conservation StatusLeast Concern
  • Life span10-17 years
  • Body sizearound 15 in. long
  • Native habitat Marshes and open water of Alaska to northern South America
  • DietPlants, mollusks, and aquatic insects
Thick-billed parrot American wigeon

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