Garganey

Anas querquedula

Description

The male Anas querquedula has a dark brown head with a white crescent-like stripe above the eye. The chest is dark brown, the rest of the wings and body are pale gray, with black and white wing blades clearly visible when flying. The female is striped brown, has a characteristic head pattern of dark and pale stripes, with a small pale patch at the base of the beak. Beak and legs gray.

Population Size

Unknown

Life Span

-

WEIGHT​

300-440 g

LENGTH

41 cm

Om

Omnivore

So

Solitary

Classification

KINGDOM

:

Animalia

PHYLUM

:

Chordata

CLASS

:

Aves

ORDER

:

Anseriformes

FAMILY

:

Anatidae

GENUS

:

Anas

SPECIES

:

Anas querquedula

Distribution

Anas querquedula can be found in grasslands, wetlands, marshes, lakes, and coastal seas.

Geography

Continent : Asia, Africa, Europe, America and Australia

Country : Austria, Bhutan, Benin, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, China, Congo, Croatia, Czech Republic, Ivory Coast, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hong Kong , India, Indonesia, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Korea, Laos, Libya, Malawi, Malta, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Australia, Netherlands, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan , Papua New Guinea, Romania, Senegal, Poland, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Slovenia, Slovakia, South Africa, Sudan, Thailand, Taiwan, Turkey, Tunisia, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Armenia, Belgium , Belarus, Serbia, United Kingdom, Portugal, Albania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Mongolia, Norway, Philippines, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Canada, Timor Leste.

Habits and Lifestyle

Anas querquedula live in pairs or in flocks. This species sleeps in water during the day and flies to land at night in search of food.

Lifestyle

Solitary

Biome

–

Climate Zone

Tropical or subtropical

Diet and Nutrition

Anas querquedula eats any plants and animals it encounters.

Diet : Omnivore

Mating Habits

The mating season takes place in April or May. The female lays 8 or 9 light brown eggs with an incubation period of 21 days.

Reproduction session : –

Incubation periods : 21days

Independent age : –

Baby name : –

Baby carrying : 8 or 9 eggs

Population

Population status : Least Concern (LC)

NE

DD

LC

NT

VU

EN

CR

EW

EX

Population number​

This bird population is declining but not close to the threshold of vulnerability, so it is categorized as a species of Least Concern in the IUCN Redlist.

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Reference

  1. Itik Alis Putih dalam Wikipedia Artikel
  2. Garganey on the Wikipedia Article
  3. Garganey on The IUCN Redlist