Birds of Brazil

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Genus: Spatula (4 species, 10 worldwide)



Cinnamon Teal
Cinnamon Teal (Spatula cyanoptera orinoma) Male
Mejia, Peru   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Cinnamon Teal
Cinnamon Teal (Spatula cyanoptera orinoma) Female
Mejia, Peru   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Immature male.

Blue-winged Teal
Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors) Male
Green Cay Nature Center, Delray Beach, Florida, USA   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Blue-winged Teal
Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors) Female
Manizales, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.
A small duck (as are all teals) that migrates from North America to the tropics in large numbers. Male in eclipse plumage similar to female.

Red Shoveler
Red Shoveler (Spatula platalea) Male
  		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Red Shoveler
Red Shoveler (Spatula platalea) Females
Miami Zoo, Miami, Florida, USA   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Silver Teal
Silver Teal (Spatula versicolor)
Parque Náutico, Curitiba, Brazil   		   
Photograph by Rodrigo Conte   © All Rights Reserved.

In flight.

© Tom Friedel - All Rights Reserved, except for images and data otherwise noted.       Colombia       Panama       Ecuador       Costa Rica       Mexico
Experimental sites:       Peru       Venezuela       The World       Brazil       Bolivia
Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba