Eurasian Teal

About this species

This species has 7,804,423 occurrence records from 173 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (40%), Sweden (11.2%), Canada (9.9%), the United Kingdom (6.1%) and the Netherlands (5.7%); together they account for 72.9% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.28% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Anas crecca combines the genus name Anas with the species epithet crecca. The Warbla app catalog lists 29 species of the genus Anas; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Anas platyrhynchos, Anas acuta and Anas rubripes.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 162 species of the family Anatidae. This species ranks 3rd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Anas platyrhynchos. Its record count is 6.1 times the family average (1,269,675). The family Anatidae belongs to the order Anseriformes, which has 166 species in the Warbla app catalog.

More birds in the family Anatidae

• Mallard
• Northern Pintail
• American Black Duck
• Pacific Black Duck
• Grey teal
• Indian Spot-billed Duck
• Yellow-billed Duck
• Eastern Spot-billed Duck
• Red-billed Teal

Credits & data sources

• Wikidata
• GBIF.org