Anatidae

Stictonetta naevosa Photo by Dick Daniels (Wikipedia) Common name:freckled duck (en); pato-sardento (pt); sitctonette tachetée (fr); pato pecoso (es); affenente (de)Taxonomy:Order AnseriformesFamily AnatidaeRange:This species is found in wetlands in south-eastern and south-western Australia.Size:These birds are 48-59 cm long and have a wingspan of 75-85 cm. They weigh 0,8-1 kg.Habitat:The frecked duck is mostly found in…

Anas querquedula Photo by Kasia Someya (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:garganey (en); marreco (pt); sarcelle d’été (fr); cerceta carretona (es); kräkente (de)Taxonomy:Order AnseriformesFamily AnatidaeRange:This species breeds throughout most of Europe and northern Asia, from the northern Iberian Peninsula and England, north to Finland and east through Turkey and southern Russia into Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, northern Mongolia…

Chloephaga poliocephala Photo by Alex Proimos (Wikipedia) Common name:ashy-headed goose (en); ganso-de-cabeça-cinzenta (pt); ouette à tête grise (fr); cauquén cabecigrís (es); graukopfgans (de)Taxonomy:Order AnseriformesFamily AnatidaeRange:This species breeds in southern Chile and south-western Argentina, from Temuco south to Tierra del Fuego. Outside the breeding season some individuals move north and north-east to winter as far north…

Cairina scutulata Photo by Dick Daniels (Carolina Birds) Common name:white-winged duck (en); pato-de-asas-brancas (pt); canard à ailes blanches (fr); pato de jungla (es); Malaienente (de)Taxonomy:Order AnseriformesFamily AnatidaeRange:This species is patchily distributed through south-east Asia, from Bangladesh, extreme north-eastern India and Myanmar, through Laos, Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia, and into Malaysia and the Indonesian island of…