Teal alt=American teal duck (male), Green-winged teal (male) Teal is a greenish-blue colour. Its name comes from that of a bird — the Eurasian teal (''Anas crecca'') — which presents a similarly coloured stripe on its head. The word is oft ...

is a blue-green color. Teal or TEAL may also refer to:

Ducks

* some members of the subfamily

Anatinae The Anatinae are a subfamily of the family Anatidae (swans, geese and ducks). Its surviving members are the dabbling ducks, which feed mainly at the surface rather than by diving. The other members of the Anatinae are the extinct moa-nalo, a yo ...

(dabbling ducks): ** some members of the genus ''

Anas ''Anas'' is a genus of dabbling ducks. It includes the pintails, most teals, and the mallard and its close relatives. It formerly included additional species but following the publication of a molecular phylogenetic study in 2009 the genus was s ...

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Cape teal The Cape teal (''Anas capensis'') also Cape wigeon or Cape widgeon is a 44–46 cm long dabbling duck of open wetlands in sub-Saharan Africa. Taxonomy The Cape teal was formally described in 1789 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich G ...

(''Anas capensis'') *** Red-billed teal or red-billed duck (''Anas erythrorhyncha'') ***

Eurasian teal The Eurasian teal (''Anas crecca''), common teal, or Eurasian green-winged teal is a common and widespread duck that breeds in temperate Eurosiberia and migrates south in winter. The Eurasian teal is often called simply the teal due to being th ...

or common teal (''Anas crecca''), the original teal from which the color and other duck species are named ***

Green-winged teal The green-winged teal (''Anas carolinensis'') is a common and widespread duck that breeds in the northern areas of North America except on the Aleutian Islands. It was considered conspecific with the Eurasian teal (''A. crecca'') for some time, b ...

(''Anas carolinensis'' or ''Anas crecca carolinensis'') ***

Yellow-billed teal The yellow-billed teal (''Anas flavirostris'') is a South American species of duck. Like other teals, it belongs to the diverse genus ''Anas''; more precisely it is one of the "true" teals of subgenus ''Nettion''. It occurs in Argentina, the Fa ...

or speckled teal (''Anas flavirostris'') *** Andean teal or speckled teal (''Anas andium'') ***

Sunda teal The Sunda teal (''Anas gibberifrons''), also known as the Bebek cokelat or Itik benjut, is a dabbling duck found in open wetlands in Indonesia. The species formerly included the Andaman teal ''Anas albogularis'' and the grey teal, ''Anas gracili ...

or Indonesian teal (''Anas gibberifrons'') ***

Andaman teal The Andaman teal (''Anas albogularis'') is a species of duck endemic to the Andaman archipelago in the Bay of Bengal. The species was formerly considered as a subspecies of the Sunda teal. Taxonomy The first formal description of the Andaman t ...

(''Anas albogularis'') ***

Mascarene teal The Mascarene teal (''Anas theodori''), also known as Sauzier's teal and Mauritian duck, is an extinct dabbling duck that formerly occurred on the islands of Mauritius and Réunion. Taxonomy The reports of Bernardin and (1710) Boucher are ...

(''Anas theodori'') ***

Grey teal The grey teal (''Anas gracilis'') is a dabbling duck found in open wetlands in Australia and New Zealand. Description It can be identified due to the presence of a crimson coloured iris in its eyes.Winter, M. (2018). Grey Teal. Wilderness Maga ...

(''Anas gracilis'') ***

Chestnut teal The chestnut teal (''Anas castanea'') is a dabbling duck found in Australia. It is protected under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974. Taxonomy The chestnut teal was described by the English naturalist Thomas Campbell Eyton in 1838 unde ...

(''Anas castanea'') *** Bernier's teal or Madagascar teal (''Anas bernieri'') ***

Brown teal The brown teal (''Anas chlorotis''; mi, pāteke) is a species of dabbling duck of the genus '' Anas'' native to New Zealand. For many years it had been considered to be conspecific with the flightless Auckland and Campbell teals in ''Anas auck ...

or New Zealand teal (''Anas chlorotis'') *** Auckland teal or Auckland Islands teal (''Anas aucklandica'') ***

Campbell teal The Campbell teal or Campbell Island teal (''Anas nesiotis'') is a small, flightless, nocturnal species of dabbling duck of the genus ''Anas'' endemic to the Campbell Island group of New Zealand. It is sometimes considered conspecific with the ...

or Campbell Island teal (''Anas nesiotis'') ***

Laysan duck The Laysan duck (''Anas laysanensis''), also known as the Laysan teal, is a dabbling duck endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. Fossil evidence reveals that Laysan ducks once lived across the entire archipelago, but today survive only on Laysan Isla ...

or Laysan teal (''Anas laysanensis'') ** some members of the genus ''

Spatula A spatula is a broad, flat, flexible blade used to mix, spread and lift material including foods, drugs, plaster and paints. In medical applications, "spatula" may also be used synonymously with tongue depressor. The word ''spatula'' derives ...

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Blue-billed teal The blue-billed teal, spotted teal or Hottentot teal (''Spatula hottentota'') is a species of dabbling duck of the genus ''Spatula''. It is migratory resident in eastern and southern Africa, from Sudan and Ethiopia west to Niger and Nigeria and ...

(''Spatula hottentota'') *** Puna teal (''Spatula puna'') *** Silver teal or versicolor teal (''Spatula versicolor'') ***

Cinnamon teal The cinnamon teal (''Spatula cyanoptera'') is a species of duck found in western North and South America. It is a small dabbling duck, with bright reddish plumage on the male and duller brown plumage on the female. It lives in marshes and ponds, ...

(''Spatula cyanoptera'') ***

Blue-winged teal The blue-winged teal (''Spatula discors'') is a species of bird in the duck, goose, and swan family Anatidae. One of the smaller members of the dabbling duck group, it occurs in North America, where it breeds from southern Alaska to Nova Scotia, ...

(''Spatula discors'') **

Falcated duck The falcated duck or falcated teal (''Mareca falcata'') is a gadwall-sized dabbling duck from the east Palearctic (East Siberia and Mongolia to North Japan; wintering to India). Taxonomy The closest relative of this species is the gadwall, follo ...

or falcated teal (''Mareca falcata'') ** Baikal teal, bimaculate duck or squawk duck (''Sibirionetta formosa'') **

Brazilian teal The Brazilian teal or Brazilian duck (''Amazonetta brasiliensis'') is the only duck in the genus ''Amazonetta''. It is widely distributed in eastern South America. Taxonomy The Brazilian teal was formally described in 1789 by the German natura ...

or Brazilian duck (''Amazonetta brasiliensis'') ** Ringed teal (''Callonetta leucophrys'') * Salvadori's teal or Salvadori's duck (''Salvadorina waigiuensis'') which is in the subfamily Tadorninae, not Anatinae

Aircraft

Curtiss Teal The Curtiss Model 57 Teal was an American monoplane amphibian designed and built by the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company. Two versions were built, a three-seater and four-seater but only one of each was built. The Teal was a monoplane amphibi ...

, a 1930s monoplane amphibian * Falconar Teal, a two-seat homebuilt, amphibious airplane designed by Chris Falconar from 1967 *

Lesher Teal The Lesher Teal is a home built experimental aircraft that at one point held seven Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI) class is C-l.a records for speed and distance. Design and development The Teal was designed to beat the Federation ...

, an experimental aircraft from 1965 * Temco XKDT Teal, an American rocket-propelled, high-performance target drone *

Thurston Teal The Thurston Teal is a family of two- and four-seat all-aluminium amphibious aircraft designed by David Thurston in the United States and first flown in 1968. A total of 38 Teals were manufactured. Development The Teal design features a high wi ...

, a family of two- and four-seat all-aluminium amphibious flying boats designed by David Thurston from 1968

Places

Teal, Missouri Teal is an extinct town in Cole County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. A post office called Teal was established in 1880, and remained in operation until 1912. The community was named after the teal duck. References Ghost towns in Mi ...

, United States * Teal Creek, Victoria, Australia *

Teal Inlet Teal Inlet (), once named Evelyn Station, is a settlement on East Falkland, in the Falkland Islands, on the south shore of Salvador Water. It is overshadowed by Jack's Mountain. The settlement played a minor part in the Falklands War, when Br ...

(Caleta Trullo), East Falkland, Falkland Islands, a settlement * Teal Lake (Michigan), United States *

Teal Lake (Minnesota) Jackson County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,989. Its county seat is Jackson. History The county was created on May 23, 1857. It was named for Henry Jackson, the first merchant in ...

, United States *

Teal Park Teal Park is a public greenspace in Horseheads, New York. The park was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 an''Accompanying 3 photos, from 1980''/ref> and is contained within the Horseheads 1855 Extension Historic District ...

, a public greenspace in Horseheads, New York, United States *

Teal Ponds Greene Peninsula is a mountainous peninsula within Cumberland East Bay, separating Moraine Fjord to the west from the main arm of Cumberland East Bay, on the north coast of South Georgia Island. The entire area was charted by the Swedish Antarctic ...

, Moraine Fjord, South Georgia Island * Teal River, Nelson Region, South Island, New Zealand *

Teals Crossroads, Alabama Teal is a blue-green color. Teal or TEAL may also refer to: Ducks * some members of the subfamily Anatinae (dabbling ducks): ** some members of the genus ''Anas'': *** Cape teal (''Anas capensis'') *** Red-billed teal or red-billed duck (''Anas ...

, United States

Politics

* Teal Deal, a proposed political alliance between Greens and Nationals in New Zealand in the mid-2000s *

Teal independents The teal independents, sometimes simply referred to as teals, are a loosely-aligned group of independent and minor party politicians in Australian politics. They have been characterised as strongly advocating for increased action to mitigate cl ...

, centrist candidates against climate change in the 2022 Australian federal election

Ships

* , a Royal Australian Navy minesweeper in commission from 1962 to 1970 * USFS ''Teal'', a United States Bureau of Fisheries fishery patrol vessel in commission from 1927 to 1940 which then served in the fleet of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service as US FWS ''Teal'' from 1940 to 1960 * , a United States Navy minesweeper in commission from 1918 to 1945 which was modified to serve as the seaplane tender USS ''Teal'' (AVP-5) from 1936 to 1945

Sports

* Teal, the winning horse in the 1952 Grand National * Teal Cup, the original name of the

AFL Under 18 Championships The AFL Under-19 Championships (for sponsorship reasons, the NAB AFL Under-19 Championships) is an annual Australian national underage representative championship in Australian rules football tournament. It is seen as one of the main pathways ...

for Australian rules football

Other uses

Tasman Empire Airways Limited Tasman Empire Airways Limited (1940–1965), better known as TEAL, is the former name of Air New Zealand Limited (1965–). TEAL was formed by an ''Intergovernmental Agreement for Tasman Sea Air Services'' (also known as the ''Tasman Sea Ag ...

(TEAL), an airline from 1939 to 1965, the forerunner of Air New Zealand * Teal (name), a list of people and fictional characters with either the surname or given name *

Teal organisation A Teal organisation is an organization that adheres to an organizational theory based on workers' self-management. The term was coined in 2014 by Frederic Laloux in his book '' Reinventing Organizations''. Laloux uses a descriptive model in which ...

, an emerging organizational paradigm based on an evolutionary development of human consciousness *

Technology-enhanced active learning Technology-enhanced active learning, or TEAL, is a new method of teaching pioneered at MIT as an alternative to the traditional style of lecture halls. It is currently in use at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, North Carolina State University ...

, a teaching method *

Triethylaluminium Triethylaluminium is one of the simplest examples of an organoaluminium compound. Despite its name it has the formula Al2( C2H5)6 (abbreviated as Al2Et6 or TEA), as it exists as a dimer. This colorless liquid is pyrophoric. It is an industrial ...

, an organoaluminium compound *

Technology Education and Literacy in Schools Technology Education and Literacy in Schools (TEALS) is a program that pairs high schools with software engineers who serve as part-time computer science teachers. The program was started in 2009 by Microsoft software engineer Kevin Wang, but after ...