_Anas Querquedula_ Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, 1758, p. 126.
(Type locality, Europe, restricted to Sweden.)
_Anas querquedula_ Marshall, Condor, 51, 1949, p. 221 (Tinian).
_Geographic range._--Breeds in Europe and Asia. Winters from
northern Africa to New Guinea. In Micronesia: Mariana
Islands--Tinian.
_Remarks._--Marshall (1949:221) obtained one of a pair of these ducks
which he observed "daily in April on Lake Hagoi" at Tinian.
=Anas crecca crecca= Linnaeus
European Teal
_Anas Crecca_ Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, 1758, p. 126. (Type
locality, Europe, restricted to Sweden.)
_Querquedula crecca crecca_ Hand-list Japanese Birds, rev., 1932,
p. 185 (Pagan).
_Anas crecca crecca_ Hand-list Japanese Birds, 3d ed., 1942, p.
206 (Pagan).
_Anas crecca_ Mayr, Birds Southwest Pacific, 1945, p. 302
(Micronesia).
_Geographic range._--Breeds in Iceland, northern Europe, Asia, and
Aleutians. Winters south to northern Africa, Asia and Philippines.
In Micronesia: Mariana Islands--Pagan.
_Remarks._--The European Teal has been recorded by the Japanese at Pagan
in the northern Marianas. It appears to be an uncommon winter visitor to
Micronesia.
=Anas crecca carolinensis= Gmelin
Green-winged Teal
_Anas carolinensis_ Gmelin, Syst. Nat., 1, pt. 2, 1789, p. 533.
(Type locality, Carolina to Hudson Bay.)
_Anas carolinensis_ Reichenow, Ornith. Monatsber., 1901, p. 17
(Jaluit); Schnee, Ornith. Monatsber., 1901, p. 131 (Marshalls);
_idem_, Zool. Jahrbücher, 20, 1904, p. 390 (Marschall Inseln);
Phillips, Nat. Hist. Ducks, 2, 1923, p. 235 (Marshall Islands).
_Querquedula crecca carolinensis_ Hand-list Japanese Birds, rev.,
1932, p. 185 (Marshall Islands).
_Anas crecca carolinensis_ Hand-list Japanese Birds, 3d ed., 1942,
p. 206 (Marshall Islands).
_Geographic range._--Breeds in northwestern and northcentral North
America. Winters to West Indies, Central America and Mexico. In
Micronesia: Marshall Islands--Jaluit.
_Remarks._--_Reichenow_ (1901:17) and Schnee (1901:131) record the
Green-wing Teal in the Marshall Islands. It is the only record known for
Micronesia. Bryan and Greenway (1944:104) record the teal as a migrant
to the Hawaiian Islands.
=Anas acuta acuta= Linnaeus
Pintail
_Anas acuta_ Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, 1758, p. 126. (Type
locality, Europe, restricted to Sweden.)
_Dafila acuta acuta_ Hand-list Japanese Birds, rev., 1932, p. 185
(Pagan).
_Anas acuta acuta_ Hand-list Japanese Birds, 3d ed., 1942, p. 206
(Pagan).
_Anas acuta_ Mayr, Birds Southwest Pacific, 1945, p. 302
(Micronesia).
_Geographic range._--Breeds in Iceland, northern Europe and Asia.
Winters south to northern Africa, Asia and Philippines. In
Micronesia: Mariana Islands--Pagan, Guam; Palau Islands--exact
locality unknown.
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