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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | + | L. 13.5 in<br/> | |
| − | + | W. 32 in | |
| − | Large dabbling duck | + | ====Adult Male==== |
| − | Blue bill with black nail | + | *Large dabbling duck |
| − | White secondary coverts | + | *Blue bill with black nail |
| − | Gray axillars | + | *White secondary coverts and green speculum |
| − | White belly | + | *Gray axillars |
| − | + | *White belly | |
| − | + | ====Adult female==== | |
| − | Blue bill with black tip | + | *Blue bill with black tip |
| − | Mottled dark brown body plumage with | + | *Mottled dark brown body plumage with |
| − | Dusky eye patch | + | *Rustier flanks |
| − | + | *Contrasting with paler head and neck | |
| − | + | *Dusky eye patch | |
| + | *Secondary coverts grayer than male | ||
| + | ====Juvenile==== | ||
| + | Similar to adult female | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
A common summer visitor to the north of the Palearctic region breeding in [[Iceland]] and northern Britain, throughout most of [[Scandinavia]] except southern [[Sweden]] and across northern [[Russia]] to the Pacific. More scattered populations breed in [[Poland]] and the Baltic states and occasionally small numbers breed south of main range in southern Britain and eastern Europe. | A common summer visitor to the north of the Palearctic region breeding in [[Iceland]] and northern Britain, throughout most of [[Scandinavia]] except southern [[Sweden]] and across northern [[Russia]] to the Pacific. More scattered populations breed in [[Poland]] and the Baltic states and occasionally small numbers breed south of main range in southern Britain and eastern Europe. | ||
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==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Breeds in dense cover close to freshwater lakes and marshes in open and sometimes wooded areas. Highly gregarious in winter around estuaries and on coastal grassland. Grazes on pastures as well as feeding in shallow water and often associates with Brent Geese in estuaries and on coastal farmland. | Breeds in dense cover close to freshwater lakes and marshes in open and sometimes wooded areas. Highly gregarious in winter around estuaries and on coastal grassland. Grazes on pastures as well as feeding in shallow water and often associates with Brent Geese in estuaries and on coastal farmland. | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Anas+penelope}} | {{GSearch|Anas+penelope}} | ||
[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=217&Bird_Image_ID=2083&Bird_Family_ID=65 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages] | [http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=217&Bird_Image_ID=2083&Bird_Family_ID=65 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages] | ||
[[Category:Birds]] | [[Category:Birds]] | ||
Revision as of 17:11, 28 December 2007
- Mareca penelope / Anas penelope
Identification
L. 13.5 in
W. 32 in
Adult Male
- Large dabbling duck
- Blue bill with black nail
- White secondary coverts and green speculum
- Gray axillars
- White belly
Adult female
- Blue bill with black tip
- Mottled dark brown body plumage with
- Rustier flanks
- Contrasting with paler head and neck
- Dusky eye patch
- Secondary coverts grayer than male
Juvenile
Similar to adult female
Distribution
A common summer visitor to the north of the Palearctic region breeding in Iceland and northern Britain, throughout most of Scandinavia except southern Sweden and across northern Russia to the Pacific. More scattered populations breed in Poland and the Baltic states and occasionally small numbers breed south of main range in southern Britain and eastern Europe.
Present in breeding range April-September, widespread in winter and found along many coastlines from Iceland, the British Isles and Denmark south to the North African coast. Also around the Black and Caspian Seas and in southern Iraq and eastwards across temperate Asia. Small numbers occur in sub-Saharan Africa and Arabia.
Vagrants have been recorded on the Azores and Madeira, Borneo, Sulawesi and Hawaii. Regular in small numbers on both coasts of North America and a common migrant through the Aleutians.
Taxonomy
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Anseriformes Family: Anatidae Genus: Anas Species: A. penelope
Habitat
Breeds in dense cover close to freshwater lakes and marshes in open and sometimes wooded areas. Highly gregarious in winter around estuaries and on coastal grassland. Grazes on pastures as well as feeding in shallow water and often associates with Brent Geese in estuaries and on coastal farmland.
