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

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 ...

(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 Gm ...

(''Anas capensis'') ***

Red-billed teal The red-billed teal or red-billed duck (''Anas erythrorhyncha'') is a dabbling duck which is an abundant resident breeder in southern and eastern Africa typically south of 10° S. This duck is not bird migration, migratory, but will fly great d ...

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'') or American teal 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'' ...

(''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 The Andean teal (''Anas andium'') 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 is restricted to the Andean highlands of ...

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 gracilis ...

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 pu ...

(''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. This crimson colour is relatively more promi ...

(''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 under ...

(''Anas castanea'') ***

Bernier's teal Bernier's teal (''Anas bernieri''), also known as the Madagascar teal, is a species of duck in the genus ''Anas''. It is endemic to Madagascar, where it is found only along the west coast. Part of the "grey teal" complex found throughout Australa ...

or Madagascar teal (''Anas bernieri'') ***

Brown teal The brown teal (''Anas chlorotis''; ) 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 teal, Auckland and Campbell teals in ''Anas auc ...

or New Zealand teal (''Anas chlorotis'') ***

Auckland teal The Auckland teal (''Anas aucklandica'') (), also known as Auckland Islands teal, is a species of dabbling duck of the genus ''Anas'' that is endemic to Auckland Islands south of New Zealand. The species was once found throughout the Auckland Is ...

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 Isl ...

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 The Puna teal (''Spatula puna'') is a species of dabbling duck in the family Anatidae. It was at one time regarded as a subspecies of the silver teal. The Puna teal is resident in the Andes of Peru, western Bolivia, northern Chile, and extreme n ...

(''Spatula puna'') ***

Silver teal The silver teal or versicolor teal (''Spatula versicolor'') is a species of dabbling duck in the genus ''Spatula''. It breeds in South America. Between April and June they prefer reed beds and will lay 6 to 10 creamy-pink eggs. The eggs will ha ...

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 The Baikal teal (''Sibirionetta formosa''), also called the bimaculate duck or squawk duck, is a dabbling duck that breeds in eastern Russia and winters in East Asia. Taxonomy The first formal description of the Baikal teal was by the German ...

, bimaculate duck or squawk duck (''Sibirionetta formosa'') **

Brazilian teal The Brazilian teal or Brazilian duck (''Amazonetta brasiliensis'') is the only extant species of duck in the genus ''Amazonetta''. It is widely distributed in eastern South America. Taxonomy The Brazilian teal was Species description, formally ...

or Brazilian duck (''Amazonetta brasiliensis'') **

Ringed teal The ringed teal (''Callonetta leucophrys'') is a small duck of South American forests. It is the only species of the genus ''Callonetta''. Usually placed with the dabbling ducks (Anatinae), this species may actually be closer to shelducks and b ...

(''Callonetta leucophrys'') *

Salvadori's teal Salvadori's teal (''Salvadorina waigiuensis'') or Salvadori's duck, is a species of bird endemic to New Guinea. It is placed in the monotypic genus ''Salvadorina''. It has a dark-brown head and neck, and its body is barred and spotted dark-brown ...

or Salvadori's duck (''Salvadorina waigiuensis'') which is in the subfamily Tadorninae, not Anatinae

Aircraft

* Curtiss Teal, 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 David B. Thurston established Thu ...

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

Places

* Teal, Missouri, United States *

Teal Creek The Teal Creek, formerly known as Little River, is a perennial stream of the Genoa River catchment, located in the East Gippsland region of the Australian state of Victoria. Course and features The Teal Creek rises below the southeast slopes of ...

, 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 T ...

(Caleta Trullo), East Falkland, Falkland Islands, a settlement *

Teal Lake (Michigan) Teal Lake is a lake in the U.S. state of Michigan, located within the city of Negaunee. U.S. Highway 41/ M-28 runs along the southern shoreline. Teal Lake is a public fishery with species such as largemouth bass and crappie living in its wa ...

, United States *

Teal Lake (Minnesota) Jackson County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 9,989. Its county seat is Jackson, Minnesota, Jackson. History The county was created on Ma ...

, United States * Teal Park, a public greenspace in Horseheads, New York, United States * Teal Ponds, Moraine Fjord, South Georgia Island *

Teal River The Teal River is a river of the Nelson Region of New Zealand's South Island. It flows north from its origins in hilly country to the west of the city of Nelson to reach the Wakapuaka River. See also *List of rivers of New Zealand This is a ...

, Nelson Region, South Island, New Zealand

Politics

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

Teal independents Teal independents, also known as teals and community independents, are various centrist, independent or non-party politicians in Australian politics who have been grouped together for convenience of discussion by the Australian media and who ha ...

, centrist independent candidates against climate change in Australian politics

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 National Championships is an annual Australian national underage representative Australian rules football tournament. Since taking over as national governing body in 1995, the AFL has gradually restructured the competition into a primar ...

for Australian rules football

Other uses

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

(TEAL), an airline from 1939 to 1965, the forerunner of Air New Zealand *

Teal (name) Teal is an English surname and a given name which may refer to: Surname * Angeline Teal (1842-1913), American novelist and short story writer * Clare Teal (born 1973), English jazz singer * Gordon Kidd Teal (1907–2003), American engineer who deve ...

, a list of people and fictional characters with either the surname or given name *

Teal organisation Teal organization is one that adheres to workers' self-management. The organizational theory term was coined in 2014 by Frederic Laloux in his book ''Reinventing Organizations''. Laloux uses a descriptive model in which he describes different ty ...

, an emerging organizational paradigm based on an evolutionary development of human consciousness * Technology-enhanced active learning, a teaching method *

Triethylaluminium Triethylaluminium is one of the simplest examples of an organoaluminium compound. Despite its name the compound has the formula Al2( C2H5)6 (abbreviated as Al2Et6 or TEA). This colorless liquid is pyrophoric. It is an industrially important comp ...

, 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 ...