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Anas querquedula, Llobregat Delta, Barcelona 6🦆

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SpeciesAnseriformesAnatidae
Birds

🦆Garganey

Spatula querquedula (Linnaeus, 1758)

白眉鸭（学名：Spatula querquedula）为鸭科匙嘴鸭属的鸟类，俗名溪的鸭、巡凫、小石鸭。是一種小型涉禽鴨。它在歐洲大部分地區和古北界繁殖，但屬於遷徙性侯鳥，整個種群會在北半球的冬季遷徙到非洲、印度（尤其是桑特拉加奇）、孟加拉國（錫爾赫特地區的自然水庫）和澳大拉西亞，這時會出現大群的這種鳥類。這個物種首次由卡爾·林奈在他1758年的第十版Systema Naturae中描述。與其他小型鴨類如小水鴨類似，這個物種能迅速從水中起飛，飛行方式快速而扭曲，類似鴴科鳥類。 一般生活于平原地带的池塘、沼泽及河流中。繁殖棲地是位於淺沼澤和草原湖泊旁的草地。 该物种的模式产地在瑞典。

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Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2025.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
0.33 kg
Body length
not recorded
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
not recorded
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Everything we know about the Garganey

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Body mass
0.33 kg
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Tail length
0.06 m
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Wing length
0.19 m
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Beak length
0.04 m
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Tarsus length
0.03 m
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Trophic level
Omnivore
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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

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 Garganey yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force, maximum lifespan.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classAves
  4. ›orderAnseriformes
  5. ›familyAnatidae
  6. ›genusSpatula
  7. ›speciesSpatula querquedula
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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årta (sv), Knäkente (de), シマアジ (ja), Spatula querquedula (nl), xarrasclet (ca), čírka modrá (cs) … and 27 more languages
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