Originally Posted By: Geno
Geo, its common teal.Why Baikal?
Common Teal is most wide spread duck here.


Geno, you were right,I checked my bird book; the Baikal Teal (Anas Formosa)is different. The North American variety of Greenwing Teal (Anas Crecca) has a white bar or crescent in front of the wing. The Eurasian variety does not have this stripe, but it (your common teal) looks to me just like the Aleutian Teal pictured above...Geo

Last edited by Geo. Newbern; 01/18/10 09:03 PM.