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Anas formosa

Male
Photo by teodor
Danube Delta, April 2007

[edit] Identification

39-43 cm

• Male:
• Green cap and nape
• Creamy-yellow face
• Black line from eye to chin
• Pinkish spotted breast
• White vertical line at the side of the breast
• Green speculum with buffish bar above
• Grey flanks
  

Female and Juvenile recall Garganey with bold white spot at base of bill

• Dark crown and eye-stripe
• Pale supercillium

[edit] Distribution

Eastern Siberia to Kamchatka; winters to India, Myanmar and Japan.
Casual vagrant to Alaska.
Accidental vagrant to Washington and California.

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

[edit] Habitat

Breeds at pools on the tundra edge and within swampy forests. Winters on estuaries, inshore waters, reservoirs and even castle moats.

[edit] Behaviour

A dabbling duck

[edit] Breeding

They build nests in open tussock meadows near to water. Six to nine pale grey-green eggs are laid.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. Wikipedia
3. Collins Field Guide 5th Edition
4. Collins Bird Guide ISBN 0 00 219728 6
5. BF Member observations

• List of references

[edit] External Links

• View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages