Teal

Weight

359.4 g – 402 g

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

22.3 years – 23.3 years

Diet

Herbivore

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

wetland

Egg incubation

24.1 days

Young per litter or clutch

10

Age at maturity

7.88 months – 9.91 months

Litters or clutches a year

1

Lifestyle

Aquatic

Migration

Migratory

Conservation status

Not recorded

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderAnseriformes
5. familyAnatidae
6. genusSpatula
7. SpeciesSpatula discors (Linnaeus, 1766)

Synonyms Anas discors, Anas discors discors, Anas discors orphna, Querquedula discors, Querquedula discors albinucha, Spatula discors discors

Catalogue of Life

LC, Least Concern

Northern shoveler

Spatula clypeata

Anatidae

LC, Least Concern

Garganey

Spatula querquedula

Anatidae

C

Cinnamon teal

Spatula cyanoptera

AnatidaeNo free photo yet

R

Red shoveler

Spatula platalea

AnatidaeNo free photo yet

S

Swamp teal

Spatula hottentota

AnatidaeNo free photo yet

A

Australian shoveler

Spatula rhynchotis

AnatidaeNo free photo yet

CompareTeal vs Northern shovelerTeal vs GarganeyTeal vs Cinnamon tealTeal vs Red shoveler

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@misc{teal_2026,
  title = {Teal (Spatula discors)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/teal},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}