Querquedula discors; Print; 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; and south to northern Texas. It winters along the Pacific and Atlantic coasts and south into the Caribbean islands and Central America.; 1700-1880