Bird species: White-browed duck
Scientific name: anas querquedula
English name: garganey
Common names: Tour mallard
Categories: Anseriformes, ducks, ducks are
Overall characteristics: medium-sized (40 cm) swimming-type ducks. Chocolate male head, with a broad white eyebrow lines. Chest, back and abdomen brown-white. Feather-shaped shoulder length, black and white. Wing mirror is shiny green with white edges. Female brown head pattern significantly, white belly, white wing mirrors with dark olive feather edge. After the breeding season the male like the female, only flight plumage color patterns are different. Flying wing coverts blue-gray male is characterized.
Iris - hazel chestnut; mouth - black; feet - blue-gray.
Call: call less often. Male duck quack sound like a rattle issue. Female voice issuing light kwak.
Distribution: Breeding in the whole northern boundary; southern winter.
Distribution: reproduction in Northeast China, Northwest. In winter south to latitude 35 ° south, including most parts of Taiwan and Hainan. Not common.
Habits: Winter often knot crowd. Time is common in coastal lagoons. Habitat in the water during the day, night eating, mainly feed on seeds, grain and cereals in particular hobby, it is harmful to agriculture. Nesting on a small Island in the swamp, from hay, reeds and feathers form, very subtle. 6-7 pieces of eggs, up to 13, egg yellow color and smooth milk.
The species has been included in the State Forestry Administration, August 1, 2000 release of "The State protects the beneficial or of important economic or scientific value of terrestrial animal species." |