Anas crecca | green-winged teal

Green-winged Teal, photo by Alex Wang

Vagrant

Other Names: common teal, Eurasian green-winged teal

Green-winged Teals are small ducks and visitors to Hawai’i. Males and females in non breeding plumage have brown mottled bodies. Males have chestnut brown heads with green iridescent eye masks and acquire elaborate grey, black, and white bodies during the breeding season.

The map below shows hotspots along our birding trails where you might see this bird.