The Green Winged Teal Duck (Anas carolinensis) is the smallest of the North American dabbling ducks. While the Green Winged Teal Duck is a an agile flier, they are cold hardy, quite tame, and easy to raise. Green Winged Teal males have a chestnut-colored head with an iridescent green patch from its eyes to the nape of its neck, a spotted pinkish-brown chest and a gray body. Female green-winged teal are mottled brown with a dark brown line that extends from the bill through the eye.