Male Falcated Duck

The falcated duck or falcated teal (Anas falcata) is a gadwall-sized dabbling duck.... more

by TN Fairey

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Male Falcated Duck

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TN Fairey

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Photograph - Photographs

Description

The falcated duck or falcated teal (Anas falcata) is a gadwall-sized dabbling duck.
Falcated ducks have a very intricate courtship ritual. Females perform a series of inciting calls and other movements while preening behind the wings of their targeted male. Males use a courting method similar to others in the Anas genus, including an introductory shake, a neck-stretching burp call, a grunt whistle, and a head-up-tail-up display. During the mating season the falcated ducks form monogamous pairs that last throughout the mating season

This is a species of lowland wetlands, such as water meadows or lakes, and usually feeds by dabbling for plant food or grazing. It nests on the ground, near water and under the cover of taller vegetation. The clutch is 6–10 eggs.
The National Nature Reserves supported high proportions of eastern China’s populations of globally threatened Anatidae species (IUCN, 2009): 30% of the near threatened falcated duck populations.There is about twenty-seven percent of falcated duck species existing in the National Nature Reserves.
Like one of many species of birds, the falcated duck migrates through the Atlantic Ocean. It has a large range, with an estimated global extent of occurrence of 1,000,000-10,000,000 km2.

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June 18th, 2017