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SpeciesAnseriformesAnatidae
Birds

🦆Eurasian Teal

Anas crecca Linnaeus, 1758

La cerceta común (Anas crecca)​​ es una especie de ave anseriforme de la familia Anatidae que habita en Eurasia y África. Es un pato migratorio que cría en el norte de Eurasia y pasa el invierno en el sur de este continente y África. Es una especie bastante común, y a menudo muy numerosa, y se trata de uno de los patos de superficie más pequeños. Presenta dimorfismo sexual, mostrando el macho un plumaje llamativo, característico por su resaltado «antifaz» verde azulado, siendo mucho más vistoso que la hembra, de tonos apagados y parduzcos. Las cercetas comunes son ágiles voladoras, omnívoras y habitan en todo tipo de humedales.

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Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2020.

Population trendUnknown
Key measurements
Body mass
0.34 kg
Body length
0.38 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
27 years
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Everything we know about the Eurasian Teal

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
0.34 kg
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

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  • 0.34 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length
0.38 mmaximum recorded, total length
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Tail length
0.06 m
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Wing length
0.18 m
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Beak length
0.04 m
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Tarsus length
0.03 m
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Maximum lifespan
27 years
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data quality: acceptable

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Gestation
22 days
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data quality: acceptable

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Litter size
about 10
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data quality: acceptable

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Trophic level
Herbivore
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Habitat
Wetland
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Lifestyle
Aquatic
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Danger to humans
harmless
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Source: SeaLifeBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Volume l
0.3 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Eurasian Teal yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classAves
  4. ›orderAnseriformes
  5. ›familyAnatidae
  6. ›genusAnas
  7. ›speciesAnas crecca
Full lineage
  1. classBirds · Aves
  2. superorderGalloanserae
  3. orderDucks, geese & swans · Anseriformes
  4. familyAnatidae
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. orderSauria
  9. classBirds · Aves
  10. superorderGalloanserae
  11. orderDucks, geese & swans · Anseriformes
  12. familyAnatidae
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Closest relative on this site
🦆 Common Pochard — last shared an ancestor ≈ 8.8 million years ago.
In other languages
Wintertaling (nl), Sarcelle d'hiver (fr), 绿翅鸭 (zh), Cyraneczka (pl), Anas crecca (es), csörgő réce (hu) … and 27 more languages
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