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Garganey

Anas querquedulaOrder: ANSERIFORMES Family: Geese and Ducks (Anatidae)
Codes: Common Name: GARG Scientific Name: ANAQUE ITIS Taxonomic No.: 175093
Least Concern
 
Garganey: The breeding male Garganey has black-streaked, gray upperparts, chestnut-brown mottled face and breast and pale gray flanks. The white stripe above eye and running down neck is distinct. Wings have pale blue shoulder patches and dark green speculum with white borders visible in flight.
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Overview

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.


Range and 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.

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Interesting Facts

 The Garganey was first described by Linnaeus in his Systema naturae in 1758 under its current scientific name.

 These birds feed mainly by skimming rather than upending.

 A group of ducks has many collective nouns, including a "brace", "flush", "paddling", "raft", and "team" of ducks.


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Family Surface-feeding Duck (Anatidae)_blue
Species Anas querquedula
Length14 - 16 Inches
Wingspan24 Inches

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.
Garganey Male Body Illustration
● 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
Duck-like BodyX
UpperpartsX
Back, rump, hindneck, wings, and crown.
BreastX
The upper front part of a bird.
FaceX
The front part of the head consisting of the bill, eyes, cheeks and chin.
ShoulderX
The short feathers overlying the median secondary coverts on the top of the wing. They are located near the back and can be seen as the “first row” of feathers on the birds wing. They are also called marginal coverts and lesser secondary coverts.
SpeculumX
The brightly colored area on the wing (secondaries of the wing) on several duck species.
4 and 6 letter alpha codesX

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

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ITIS CodesX

The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) was established in the mid-1990�s as a cooperative project among several federal agencies to improve and expand upon taxonomic data (known as the NODC Taxonomic Code) maintained by the National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

To find the ITIS page for a bird species go to the ITIS web site advanced search and report page at http://www.itis.gov/advanced_search.html. You can enter the TSN or the common name of the bird. It will return the ITIS page for that bird. Another way to obtain the ITIS page is to use the Google search engine. Enter the string ITIS followed by the taxonomic ID, for example "ITIS 178041" will return the page for the Allen's Hummingbird.

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Head Feathers and MarkingsX
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