GARGANEY Pair=====The adult male is unmistakable, with its brown head and breast with a
broad white crescent over the eye. The rest of the plumage is grey,
with loose grey scapular feathers It has a grey bill and legs. In flight
it shows a pale blue speculum with a white border. When swimming it will show prominent white edges on its tertials. His crown (anatomy) is dark and face is reddish-brown.[4]
Some care is needed in separating the brown female from the similar common teal,
but the stronger face markings and more frequent head-shaking when
dabbling are good indicators. Confusion with the female of the blue-winged teal
is also possible, but the head and bill shape is different, and the
latter species has yellow legs. Pale eyebrow, dark eye line, pale lore spot bordered by a second dark line.[4]
These birds feed mainly by skimming rather than upending.
The male has a distinctive crackling mating call; the female is rather silent for a female duck, but can manage a feeble quack.
Garganey are rare breeding birds in the British Isles, with most breeding in quiet marshes in Norfolk and Suffolk. In Ireland a few pairs now breed in Wexford, with occasional breeding elsewhere.
These birds feed mainly by skimming rather than upending.
The male has a distinctive crackling mating call; the female is rather silent for a female duck, but can manage a feeble quack.
Garganey are rare breeding birds in the British Isles, with most breeding in quiet marshes in Norfolk and Suffolk. In Ireland a few pairs now breed in Wexford, with occasional breeding elsewhere.
The garganey is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies. The status of the garganey on the IUCN Red List is Least Concern.[1] Ref Wikipedia
=========================================== Photo ---- Yamuna Bio Diversity , Delhi March 2015
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