| Species ID | 040470 |
| Name | Blue-winged Teal |
| Other Common Names | |
| Category | 04 Birds |
| Phylum | |
| Subphylum | |
| Class | Aves |
| Subclass | Neornithes |
| Suborder | Anseres |
| Family | Anatidae |
| Genus | Anas |
| Species | discors |
| Subspecies | discors |
| References | 1, 2 |
| Status Code | Status Translation | References |
| 3 | Winter visitor - migrant. | 28 |
| 3 | Winter visitor - migrant. | 3 |
| 5 | Transient, present briefly as migrant. | 3 |
| 31 | Hunted - subsistence or commercial | 27 |
| 272 | Uncommon: occur at low density in proper habitat. | 27 |
| 15 | Vulnerable in Belize | 27 |
| 19 | Of concern: cayes and coastal zone | 26 |
| 31 | Hunted - subsistence or commercial | 25 |
| 3 | Winter visitor - migrant. | 3 |
| 95 | U.S. Migratory Bird Treaty | 21 |
| DISTRICT | References |
| Orange Walk, Belize | 33 |
| Belize, Belize | 4 |
| Cayo, Belize | 5 |
| Corozal, Belize | 10 |
| Orange Walk, Belize | 12 |
| Administrative Unit | Occurrence | Abundance | Temporal | References |
| Private land, see comments | Sighting | Unknown, insufficient data | March | 33 |
| Bacalar Chico National Park | Sighting | Unknown, insufficient data | October | 32 |
| Gallon Jug | Sighting | March | 31 | |
| Chiquibul Forest Reserve | 24 | |||
| Shipstern Nature Reserve | Dry season (Jan-May) | 10 | ||
| Shipstern Nature Reserve | 18 | |||
| Rio Bravo Conservation Area | 13 | |||
| Gallon Jug | 12 | |||
| Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary | Captured or Mist netted and released | Wet season (June-December) | 15 | |
| Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary | 22 | |||
| Half Moon Caye Natural Monument | 19 | |||
| Community Baboon Sanctuary | 14 | |||
| Altun Ha Archaeological Reserve | Dry season (Jan-May) | 24 | ||
| Mussel Creek Drainage (Proposed) | Dry season (Jan-May) | 9 | ||
| Mussel Creek Drainage (Proposed) | 4 | |||
| Private land, see comments | Collected as voucher. | 20 | ||
| Private land, see comments | Sighting | Dry season (Jan-May) | 7 | |
| Private land, see comments | Sighting | Dry season (Jan-May) | 8 | |
| Private land, see comments | Rare | Winter Resident | 16 | |
| Private land, see comments | Dry season (Jan-May) | 15 | ||
| Private land, see comments | 17 | |||
| Government land | Sighting | Dry season (Jan-May) | 11 | |
| Cayes, other; see comments | Sighting | Dry season (Jan-May) | 15 | |
| Cayes, other; see comments | 16 | |||
| Caye Caulker | Sighting | Dry season (Jan-May) | 6 |
| Hydrologic Unit Distribution | References |
| Belize River | 15 |
| Belize River | 7 |
| Cox's Lagoon | 4 |
| Macal River | 8 |
| Mussel Creek | 9 |
| ELEVATION Association | References |
| 1-200 m | 33 |
| 1-200 m | 32 |
| 1-200 m | 31 |
| 1-200 m | 20 |
| 1-200 m | 23 |
| 1-200 m | 24 |
| 601-800 m | 24 |
| QUAD Distribution | References |
| 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' | 33 |
| 17 52'35" to 18 11'30"; 87 49' to 88 03' | 32 |
| 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 30' to 88 45' | 15 |
| 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' | 24 |
| 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 00' to 88 15' | 6 |
| 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' | 12 |
| 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' | 14 |
| 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30' | 16 |
| 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 00' to 88 15' | 17 |
| 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 45' to 89 00' | 16 |
| 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' | 23 |
| 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 10' to 88 30' | 5 |
| 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 00' to 88 10' | 12 |
| 17 00' to 17 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' | 15 |
| 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' | 16 |
| 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' | 6 |
| 16 45' to 17 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' | 7 |
| 18 15' to 18 30'; 88 00' to 88 15' | 15 |
| 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 30' to 88 45' | 23 |
| 16 30' to 16 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' | 4 |
| 16 00' to 16 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' | 11 |
| 17 00' to 17 15'; 87 30' to 87 45' | 12 |
| 17 45' to 18 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' | 15 |
| Holdridge Life Zone Distribution | References |
| Subtropical moist | 33 |
| Subtropical moist | 32 |
| Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical | 23 |
| Subtropical wet | 22 |
| Subtropical wet | 20 |
| Subtropical moist | 24 |
| Subtropical moist | 23 |
| Subtropical moist | 20 |
| Subtropical moist | 18 |
| Subtropical Lower Montane moist | 24 |
| Marine | 19 |
Comments on Distribution
33* Aproximately 400 seen in rice fields, 3 km west of San Filipe, O.W.
District.
32* Bacalar Chico National Park.
31* Flock of 20 seen AM of March 18, 1999 and 10 seen AM of March 19, 1999
Laguna Verde, 6 miles West of Gallon Jug, Orange Walk District.
Apparently two seperate flocks as in PM of 18th birds were not present.
28* Common northern semideciduous moist forest.
Uncommon southern moist-wet evergreen broadleaf forests.
Common coastal/low-lands savannas, inc. marshy areas.
Common mangroves lowlands & coastal beaches.
Common cayes inc. Ambergris.
3* Common in northern hardwood forests, uncommon in southern hardwood
forests, common in coastal savannahs.
22* Sp. not observed by Kamstra, reported by Ben Nottingham, Daniel Taylor
19* 1 netted 21-22 Oct.95
17* Big Falls Rice Farm
16* Big Falls Rice Farm; Caye Chapel
15* Big Falls
11* Jone's Lagoon
8* Sighted at or within 5 mile radius of Chaa Creek Cottages
7* Banana Bank Ranch
| Forest Type Associations | Seral Stage | Canopy Closure | References |
| Broadleaf Forest Rich in Lime-loving Species; Sapote-Mahogany Forest | mature tree | 41-70% | 18 |
| Land Use/Land Cover Associations | References |
| Water | 22 |
| Protection | 19 |
| Protection | 18 |
| Trophic |
| HERBIVORE/BROWSER |
References on Trophic Level
29, 30
| Lifestage | Food Item Consumed | Part of Food Item | |
| Adult | Aquatic plants | Adult stage |
Comments on General Food Habits
29* Feeds by dabbling, occasionally tipping up; eats mostly plant matter, some invertebrates. 30* For Tribe Anatini: Food mostly aquatic vegetation and grains.
| References/Lifestage | Reference Numbers |
| References/Lifestage | Reference Numbers |
| References/Result | Reference Numbers |
1 A.O.U. 1983. Checklist of North American Birds. 6th Ed. 2 A.O.U. 1985, 1987, 1989. 35th-37th Supplements. 3 Wood, D.S.,R. C. Leberman, and D. Weyer. 1986. Checklist of Birds of Belize. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication 12. 4 Hunt, H. R., J. Tamarack. 1992. Cox Lagoon Crocodile Preserve. Unpub. report. pp.4-8 5 Miller, B. W., 1994. Belize Christmas Bird Counts, Twenty Year Summary. in prep. 6 McRae, E. 1993. Preliminary Check-list - Birds of Caye Caulker. 7 Duncan, M., W. Duncan. 1993. Banana Bank, Nov. 1, Checklist provided in lit. 8 Carnegie Ornithological Group and Mass Audubon Ornithological Group, compilers. 1993. Chaa Creek Bird List. Unpublished list. 9 Miller, B., C. Miller. 1987. Conservation of a Critical Marsh and Lowland habitat, Mussel Creek drainage system, Belize, C.A. Report to NYZS/Wildlife Conservation Society. 10 Meerman, J. 1993. Checklist of the Birds of the Shipstern Nature Reserve, Occasional Papers of the Belize Natural History Society. 2(10). pp. 71-81. 11 McDuffie, P. 1993. Personal Bird List for Belize: September 1, 1989 - December 15, 1993. Unpublished list. 12 Russell, S. M. 1964. A Distributional Study of the Birds of British Honduras. Ornithological Monographs No. 1, A.O.U. 13 Anon. 1994 (August). Working Checklist, Birds of Rio Bravo Conservation Management Area. Unpublished list. 14 O'Connell, S. 1987. in Horwich, R. H. and J. Lyon. The Community Baboon Sanctuary, A Guide Book. Orangu-tan Press, Gays Mills, WI. pp. 113. 15 Counsell, D.J.R., B. Etheridge. 1986. RAFOS Expedition to Belize. Unpub- lished report. 16 Hallchurch, T.T., compiler. 1982. Exercise King Vulture Belize 23 Feb.- 16 March. Unpub. report for the British Army Bird Watching Society. 17 Jenkins, P. G. 1982. The Royal Air Force Ornithological Society Belize Expedition, 1981. 80.pp Unpublished report. 18 Quigley, H. B., B. W. Miller, C. M. Miller. 1995. Mammal Survey, Shipstern Nature Reserve, April 4-13, 1995. Unpublished report for ITCF. 19 Miller, C. M., B. W. Miller. 1995. Avian Surveys: Half Moon Caye Natural Monument. Unpublished report for Belize Audubon Society. 20 Robbins, Chandler. 1996. U.S.F.& Wildlife Service Wintering Bird Surveys for Belize. Unpublished data provided by C. Robbins. 21 Title 50 Code of Federal Regulations, Subchapter B., Part 10.13: List of Migratory Birds. U.S. Government Printing Office: 1985 0-488-794. (Lists all species of migratory birds protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703-711). 22 Kamstra, J. May 1987. An Ecological Survey of the Cockscomb Basin, Belize. Masters Thesis. York University, Ontario, Canada 23 Miller, B. W. 1997. Belize Christmas Bird Count Summary 1970-1995. Data from American Birds Vol. 28-50 including 1973-1996. 24 ROM. 1997. Royal Ontario Museum, Division of Birds, Holdings of Belize specimens through Jan. 1, 1997. Provided by Brad Millen. 25 Miller, B.W. 1959. Bird Species of Concern. pp. 56-64. in Miller, B.W., C.M. Miller. 1995. National Protected Areas System Plan for Belize, Vol. 3. Zoological Report 236 p. NARMAP. 26 McRae, E., 1994. The Birds of Belize's Coastal Zone: Species, Distribution, Current Status, Threats to Their Well-being, and Potential Measures to Reduce Their impact. Unpublished report. 27 Miller, B.W., C.M. Miller. 1997. Avian Risk Assessment for Belize, Species at Risk and of Conservation Concern. Report to Programme for Belize/TNC Wings of America Program. 28 Garcia, J., S. Matola, M. Meadows, and C. Wright. 1994. A Checklist of the Birds of Belize. WWF-US. 35p. 29 Stiles, F. G., A. F. Skutch. 1989. A Guide to the Birds of Costa Rica. Ithaca, NY. Comstock Publishing Associates, Ithaca, New York. pp. 93. 30 Howell, S. N. G., S. Webb. 1995. A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America. New York. Oxford University Press. p. 162. 31 Trahan, C. 1999. Personal observations of the Gallon Jug farm manager March 18-19, 1999. 32 Meadows, M. 1995. Bacalar Chico Bird Report, Ambergris Caye in International Tropical Conservation Foundation Bacalar Chico, Interim Report, April-December 1994. M. Dotherow compiler. 33 Valley, A. C. and T. Aversa. 1997. New and notworthy birds records from Belize including the first records of Chestnut-collared Swift Cypseloides rutilus. Bull. Brit. Orn. Club. 117(4):272-274.