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Blue-winged Teal
Spatula discors · Family Anatidae
Spatula discors
Family Anatidae
- Order
- Anseriformes
- Family
- Anatidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 3,624,704
- Countries and territories with records
- 86
About this species
This species has 3,624,704 occurrence records from 86 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (82.3%), Canada (11%) and Mexico (2.1%); together they account for 95.4% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.27% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Spatula discors combines the genus name Spatula with the species epithet discors. The Warbla app catalog lists 10 species of the genus Spatula; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Spatula clypeata, Spatula cyanoptera and Spatula querquedula.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 162 species of the family Anatidae. This species ranks 16th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Anas platyrhynchos. Its record count is 2.9 times the family average (1,269,675). The family Anatidae belongs to the order Anseriformes, which has 166 species in the Warbla app catalog.