Bluewing teal have large, baby-blue wing patches; greenwing teal’s wings have ... The bluewing hen (left) has blue wing patches but lacks the white crescent on the head of the drake.

There are three subspecies of teal commonly found in the U.S. For the most part, blue-winged and green-winged teal inhabit the Atlantic, Mississippi, and Central flyways. Green-wings, along with ...

And while some blue-winged teal hatched ... in the hen-mallard puzzle. "It's possible," Arnold said, "that some hunters selected by the Fish and Wildlife Service to send in wings of ducks they ...