- Anas querquedula
Identification
Distribution
Breeding species in much of Europe and Asia. The European population is most numerous in the east. Most if not all of the European birds are found in places like the Volga Delta in the fall and they vinter in western Africa (e.g., the Niger Delta), with possible occurrence in southern Sudan. The Garganey is quite nomadic in the winter areas, but even so, changes to the area as result of changes in resource utilization and global warming are expected to be the major cause of concern for the European populations of this species, which has shown moderate to strong negative trends during the period of 1970-2000.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species which is sometimes placed in its own genus Querquedula.
Habitat
Breeds inland, preferably on wet meadows, shallow freshwater marshes, small lakes and ponds. In winter in coastal marshes and lagoons, sometimes even at sea.
Behaviour
Bird Song
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