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Garganey

Spatula querquedula

Classification

Class
Aves
Family
Anatidae

The garganey (Spatula querquedula) is a small dabbling duck. It breeds in much of Europe and across the Palearctic, but is strictly migratory, with the entire population moving to Africa, India (in particular Santragachi), Bangladesh (in the natural reservoirs of Sylhet district) and Australasia during the winter of the Northern hemisphere, where large flocks can occur. This species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Netherlands · 73,069United Kingdom · 12,359Germany · 10,701Spain · 9,890France · 7,861Italy · 2,667Switzerland · 1,799Belgium · 1,144Luxembourg · 51