Garganey

Anas querquedulaOrder: ANSERIFORMESFamily: Geese and Ducks (Anatidae)

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Garganey

Garganey: Small dabbling duck with black-streaked, gray upperparts, chestnut-brown mottled face and breast, pale gray flanks. White stripe above eye, running down neck is highly visible. Wings have pale blue shoulder patches and dark green speculum with white borders visible in flight.

● Song: No data available.

● Foraging & Feeding: Garganey: Feeds on aquatic plants, insects, crustaceans, and mollusks; forages by dabbling in shallow water.

● Breeding & nesting: Garganey: Seven to twelve creamy yellow to light olive eggs are laid in a ground nest made of grass and plant materials, lined with down, and hidden in tall grass or under a shrub. Incubation ranges from 21 to 23 days and is carried out by the female.

● Similar species: Garganey: Blue-winged teal lacks thick, white eyebrow, distinct white speculum borders, and has darker underparts.

Flight Pattern

Fast direct flight with rapid wing beats.

● Range & Habitat: Garganey: Native of Eurasia; breeds locally from Britain and France to central Europe, north to southern Sweden and more continuously from eastern Europe into Russia. Regular migrant in west and central Aleutians and other Alaskan islands. Preferred habitats include shallow freshwater lakes and marshes with abundant marginal vegetation.

^BreedingMonogamous

^PopulationCasual to accidential on northwest coast

^MigrationMigratory

^Weight11.5 Ounces

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Flight Pattern