Garganey
BIRDING ARAGÓNGarganey
Spatula querquedula
Cerceta carretona
Description
L: 37-41cm; W: 60-63 cm;
Rare Anatidae linked to wetlands with abundant marshy vegetation. In male breeding plumage with wide white eyebrow that reaches the nape; head and chest mottled dark brown; gray flank; white abdomen; long, black and white scapulars; little bright green eyeglass, bordered with white. Striped brown female; greenish brown speck; gray wing coverts; gray beak.
- Observation difficulty: Hard
- Status: Migratory.
- Optimal Season: Feb-Apr; Aug-Sep
- Conservation Status: Not threatened
- Hábitat: Wetlands
Special interest
Best places to see in Aragón
ROUTES
- Route 1 The Western Valleys Natural Park
- Route 2 Ordesa and Monte Perdido National Park
- Route 3 Posets Maladeta Natural Park
- Route 4 Sierra Caballera
- Route 5 Sierra and Canyons of Guara Natural Park
- Route 6 Huesca and surroundings
- Route 7 Monegros and Bajo Cinca counties
- Route 8 Wetlands of the Cinco Villas county
- Route 9 Zaragoza and surroundings
- Route 10 Caspe and Mequinenza
- Route 11 Belchite and Bajo Martín counties
- Route 12 Sierra del Moncayo
- Route 13 Hoces del Jalón
- Route 14 Gallocanta Lagoon and surroundings
- Route 15 Maestrazgo
- Route 16 Around Teruel
- Route 17 Sierras of Gúdar and Javalambre
- Route 18 Sierra de Albarracín
- Route 19 Gorges and river woodland along the Jalon and Mesa Rivers
- Route 20 Mining basins
- Route 21 Bajo Aragón and Matarraña
PROVINCES
Huesca. Zaragoza. Teruel
REGIONS
Hoya de Huesca; Monegros y Bajo Cinca; Cinco Villas; Bajo Aragón y Caspe; Campo de Daroca y Jiloca; Comunidad de Teruel
Special Protected Areas (SPA)
