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Garganey

Anas querquedula

Order
Anseriformes
Family
Anatidae
Presence in the Strait
Migrant
Abundance
rare
IUCN (global)
LC · Least concern
In Spanish
Cerceta carretona

64% of its open observations in the area are from March.

Photograph: Dave, CC BY, vía iNaturalist

Length
37–41 cm
Wingspan
63–69 cm
Weight
350–400 g
020406080LENGTH37–41 cmWINGSPAN63–69 cmcentimetres

Presence in the Strait

Rare migrant to coastal wetlands and coasts.

Identification

Larger than a Teal, with pale grey wings in flight. Male has a broad white supercilium and black and white scapulars. Females and juveniles have a pale creamy throat and a striped head pattern: dark eye-stripe and pale supercilium and spot at base of the bill.

Movements

Trans-Saharan migrant. Normally appears in the area during prenuptial migration between February and April, 84% of the birds concentrated in 1st hf. March. Postnuptial migration is almost nonexistent, with observation of single birds in the River Guadiaro estuary in 2nd hf. August (2 birds) and 1st hf. September (1 bird).

Bioestrecho editorial text. Last revised: 8 September 2026.

Gallery

Photographs from iNaturalist observations with the licence checked file by file. Those marked “Strait” were taken within the area; place and date are those of each observation.