Marbled Teal Range

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.

Marbled teal range.

The currently very restricted range of this species in europeo. 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. Spain italy tunisia morocco alge ria western mediterranean population map 1. 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. The scientific name marmaronetta angustirostris comes from the greek marmaros marbled and netta a duck and latin angustus narrow or small and rostris billed. Avibase is an extensive database information system about all birds of the world containing over 1 million records about 10 000 species and 22 000 subspecies of birds including distribution information for 20 000 regions taxonomy. 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.

Green 1996b undergoing declines in the mediterranean region largely attributed to joss of breeding habitat. Typically found in shallow freshwater or brackish wetlands with abundant emergent. Range scattered throughout the mediterranean basin and into russia turkey kazakhstan afghanistan pakistan iran northwest india and northwestern africa. The action plan needs implementation in the following range states of the marbled teal.

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. In flight looks pallid with whitish underwings pale secondaries and dark wingtips. This species of waterfowl favors freshwater and brackish ponds.