Garganey Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Spatula querquedula
Family : Anatidae
Order : Anseriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Wetlands
Description : The Garganey is a small duck with a striped head (adult bird length approximately 39 cm, weight 350 g, wing 18.5 cm, bill 3.7 cm, tarsus 2.8 cm, tail 6.5 cm). The breeding male has a big white supercilium on a brown head, female is brownish and has a less prominent pale supercilium,
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Aythya baeri
(Baer's Pochard) -
Mareca strepera
(Gadwall) -
Anser erythropus
(Lesser White-fronted Goose) -
Tadorna ferruginea
(Ruddy Shelduck) -
Anas poecilorhyncha
(Indian Spot‑billed Duck) -
Mergellus albellus
(Smew) -
Mareca penelope
(Eurasian Wigeon) -
Anas platyrhynchos
(Mallard) -
Mareca falcata
(Falcated Duck) -
Anser anser
(Greylag Goose)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills -
Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters -
Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits -
Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas -
Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby -
Flamingo -
Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch -
Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths -
Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes -
Nightjars -
Barn-owls -
Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:MSH Sourav (TU Dresden, Germany);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Jarek Matusiak(www.xeno-canto.org/Jarek Matusiak), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:MSH Sourav (TU Dresden, Germany);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Jarek Matusiak(www.xeno-canto.org/Jarek Matusiak), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.