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The Blue-winged teal (Spatula discors) is a bird found in United States and Canada. Ponds and marshes across North America. It eats leaves and other plant parts, seeds and nuts and insects and other small invertebrates. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

🏡 Where the Blue-winged teal lives

Ponds and marshes across North America.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🌿 Leaves & plants60%
• 🌰 Seeds & nuts30%
• 🐛 Insects & bugs10%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

Hear the Blue-winged teal

Recorded by Fernando Castro (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC501464. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Blue-winged teal

Where does the Blue-winged teal live?

The Blue-winged teal lives in United States and Canada. Ponds and marshes across North America.

What does the Blue-winged teal eat?

leaves and other plant parts (about 60%), seeds and nuts (about 30%), insects and other small invertebrates (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Blue-winged teal endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

More birds from North America

• American bushtit
• Summer tanager
• Caspian tern
• White-eyed vireo
• Eastern meadowlark
• Yellow-olive flatbill

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.