blue-winged teal
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of blue-winged teal
First recorded in 1630–40
Example Sentences
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High virus levels in birds like blue-winged teal, ducks that migrate long distances, helped spread the virus to new parts of South America, Stallknecht said.
From Reuters ● Feb. 15, 2023
By mid-January, the virus had infected an American wigeon and blue-winged teal in South Carolina, according to the U.S.
From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2022
The opportunity allows waterfowl hunters to take two additional blue-winged teal for the first 16 days of the season because of high populations across the continent.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 3, 2015
These include blue-winged teal, cinnamon teal, and northern pintails.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 4, 2011
J. Knox Jones told me he once found an ornate box turtle in the nest of a blue-winged teal in Cherry County, Nebraska; the three eggs in the nest had been broken.
From Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz by Legler, John M.
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