Marbled Teal Range

Marbled teal marbled duck marmaronetta angustirostris marmertaling marmereend marmelente sarcelle marbrée the marbled duck or marbled teal is a medium sized duck it used to be included among the dabbling ducks but is now classed as a diving duck.

Marbled teal range.

The action plan needs implementation in the following range states of the marbled teal. Spain italy tunisia morocco alge ria western mediterranean population map 1. The currently very restricted range of this species in europeo. This species of waterfowl favors freshwater and brackish ponds.

Now nesting in the southern part of the country where between 1 500 and 2 000 marbled teals are observed during the breeding season azafzaf and smart in litt. Range marbled teals have an extremely large range and can be found in southern europe and across northwest africa in cameroon gambia senegal nigeria morocco algeria chad mali and egypt. Both sexes are similar but males sport a more prominent shaggy crest. Green 1996b undergoing declines in the mediterranean region largely attributed to joss of breeding habitat.

Vaguely resembles a female pintail. They can also be seen across the middle east russia india and china. The marbled teal and ferruginous duck are globally threatened species collar et al 1994. The marbled duck or marbled teal marmaronetta angustirostris is a threatened medium sized species of duck from southern europe northern africa and western and central asia.

Populations of marbled teal are scattered throughout the mediterranean basin and into russia turkey kazakhstan afghanistan pakistan iran and northwest india. Range scattered throughout the mediterranean basin and into russia turkey kazakhstan afghanistan pakistan iran northwest india and northwestern africa. The scientific name marmaronetta angustirostris comes from the greek marmaros marbled and netta a duck and latin angustus narrow or small and rostris billed. Small subtly beautiful gray brown duck with a black eye mask long neck and wings and dark bill.