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The garganey (Spatula querquedula) is a small dabbling duck.It breeds in much of Europe and across the Palearctic, but is strictly migratory, with the entire population moving to Africa, India (in particular Santragachi), Bangladesh (in the natural reservoirs of Sylhet district) and Australasia during the winter of the Northern hemisphere, [2] where large flocks can occur.
Garganey Male Female Spatula querquedula (Linnaeus, 1758) Europe and western Asia: Size: Habitat: Diet: LC Blue-billed teal Spatula hottentota (Eyton, 1838) eastern and southern Africa, from Sudan and Ethiopia west to Niger and Nigeria and south to South Africa and Namibia Size: Habitat: Diet: LC Puna teal Spatula puna (Tschudi, 1844)
Anatidae includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swans. These birds are adapted to an aquatic existence with webbed feet, flattened bills, and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to an oily coating. Garganey, Spatula querquedula; Eurasian wigeon, Mareca penelope; Pacific black duck, Anas superciliosa
Anas laysanensis Rothschild 1892 (Laysan duck) CR B1ac(iv) Anas wyvilliana Sclater 1878 (Hawaiian duck) EN B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) Anas luzonica Fraser 1839 (Philippine duck) VU A2bcd; Anas superciliosa Gmelin 1789 (Pacific black duck) LC. A. s. pelewensis Hartlaub & Finsch 1872 (Pacific Islands gray duck) A. s. superciliosa Gmelin 1789 (Australasian ...
Anatidae: Eurasian teal (Anas crecca), gadwall (Anas strepera), northern pintail (Anas acuta), mallard (Anas platyrhynchos), greater scaup (Aythya marila), long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis), northern shoveler (Anas clypeata), garganey (Anas querquedula), Eurasian wigeon (Anas penelope), ferruginous duck (Aythya nyroca), common goldeneye ...
The family Anatidae includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swans. These are birds adapted to an aquatic existence with webbed feet, flattened bills, and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to an oily coating. Graylag goose, Anser anser (A) Common shelduck, Tadorna tadorna (A) Garganey, Spatula ...
Karaivetti Bird Sanctuary is home to migratory birds such as Bar-headed goose, Northern pintail, White Stork, Northern shoveler, Garganey, Blue-winged teal, Osprey and common sandpiper [7] [4] The sanctuary is a large irrigation tank located in the northern alluvial plains of the Kaveri river.
[1] [12] Migratory waterbirds wintering here include northern pintail, garganey, northern shoveller, black-winged stilt, and other shorebirds and terns such as whiskered tern. [1] [13] Cattle egrets and little cormorants are also seen outside the breeding season.