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Green-winged Teal

Anas crecca

429,559Records since 2000
JanuaryPeak month
127Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan54,902
Feb41,435
Mar50,838
Apr46,660
May13,771
Jun10,775
Jul13,739
Aug29,248
Sep43,633
Oct46,620
Nov38,867
Dec37,621

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England30,549
2Norfolk England22,519
3Suffolk England18,872
4Kent England13,397
5East Riding of Yorkshire England12,958
6Lincolnshire England11,462
7Essex England9,683
8Rutland England9,666
9Dorset England8,429
10North Yorkshire England7,079
11Gloucestershire England6,617
12Oxfordshire England6,491
13Somerset England5,983
14Nottinghamshire England5,650
15Surrey England5,337
384,658 England32,802 Scotland9,394 Wales2,584 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 127 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
429,559
Peak month
January
Counties with records
127
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Anas crecca
Also known as
Teal
Group
Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000
233,789
Conservation designations
Birds Directive, Convention on Migratory Species, EU wildlife trade (CITES) annexes, Birds of Conservation Concern, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Anseriformes
Family
Anatidae
Genus
Anas
Name with authority
Anas crecca Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
43

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q25700 · GBIF 8214667