Common Teal
Anas crecca
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A small compact dabbling duck. Males have a chestnut head with a broad metallic green eye-stripe, finely vermiculated grey body, and buff-yellow undertail coverts. The smallest regularly occurring dabbling duck in Europe. Highly migratory and one of the most abundant teal worldwide.
Physical Description
| Measurement | Value | Imperial |
|---|---|---|
| طول الجناح | 36,1 cm | 14.2 in |
| الوزن | 325,0 g | 11.46 oz |
التعرف
الريش
Males have chestnut head with iridescent green eye patch bordered cream. Gray body with horizontal white shoulder stripe. Cream and black undertail. Females mottled brown. Small and fast-flying. Iridescent green speculum.
Habitat & Range
Breeds on boreal and subarctic freshwater marshes, lakes, and bogs across Eurasia. Winters on freshwater lakes, estuaries, rice paddies, and coastal marshes from northwest Europe and Africa east to Southeast Asia.
النطاق الجغرافي
Breeds in sub-Arctic and boreal Canada and Alaska; winters along the Pacific coast from Alaska to southern California.
Diet & Feeding
Dives for molluscs, crustaceans, and aquatic invertebrates; diet dominated by hard-shelled prey in coastal and freshwater habitats.
حالة الحفاظ
السلوك والتكاثر
التعشيش
Nest type: CP. Incubation: 22 days. Fledging: 28 days.
عدد البيض في الوضع
8-11
الصوت
الغناء
Male gives a ringing, bell-like krick call; female produces a soft, descending quack. The male's crystalline high note is a hallmark sound of Eurasian wetlands; flocks produce a musical tinkling chorus.
التصنيف
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Aves |
| الرتبة | Anseriformes (Waterfowl) |
| الفصيلة | Anatidae (Ducks, Geese & Swans) |
| Genus | Anas |
| الأنواع | Anas crecca |
Distribution
Common Teal has been recorded in 7 countries.
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