Garganey: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the garganey lives – recorded in 73 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Spatula querquedula
Group	Ducks, geese & swans
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	73 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania
Class	Bird
Order	Anseriformes
Family	Anatidae

Where does the garganey live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the garganey in 73 countries and territories across Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and Oceania. Wikidata gives its range as: Nanling Mountains, Africa, Indonesia.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the garganey endangered?

The garganey’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the garganey?

The garganey (Spatula querquedula) is a bird in the order Anseriformes and the family Anatidae, genus Spatula. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the garganey

The garganey (Spatula querquedula) is a small dabbling duck. It breeds in much of Europe and across the Palearctic, but is strictly migratory, with the entire population moving to Africa, India (in particular Santragachi), Bangladesh (in the natural reservoirs of Sylhet district) and Australasia during the winter of the Northern hemisphere, where large flocks can occur. This species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. Like other small ducks such as the Eurasian teal, this species rises easily from the water with a fast twisting wader-like flight.

Their breeding habitat is grassland adjacent to shallow marshes and steppe lakes.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Garganey (revision 1371443487), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q28106902 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).