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Garganey
Anas querquedula
| Armenian Name: | Ճքճքան մրտիմն |
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See Plate 17 for Garganey and other similar species
| Resident Status: | Year-round resident |
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| Abundance: | Uncommon |
| Length: | 37-41 cm, Wing Span:60-63 cm |
| Distribution Map: | Map 75. |
| Description: | Male: red-brown face and neck with broad white supercilium extending down to nape; blue-gray forewing and flanks. Female: brown with whitish patch at base of bill and dark horizontal cheek bar. Lower breast often reddish. |
| Similar Species: | Female differs from female Common Teal by white spot at base of larger bill, dark eyestripe, and lack of white stripe on tail. |
| Behavior: | Feeds on the surface of the water in dense emergent vegetation; occasionally up-ends. |
| Habitat: | Lakes, marshes, rivers. |
| Food: | Water invertebrates. |
| Nest: | Ground scrape lined with grass and down close to water. |
| Eggs: | 46 mm, 8-9, light brown. |
