The Garganey is a small Old World dabbling duck that breeds across Eurasia and migrates to Africa. It appears rarely in North America, mostly in Alaska and along the Atlantic Coast. The male's broad white supercilium arching over the brown head is distinctive. It is the only duck that is entirely migratory in Europe.
Habitat
Shallow ponds and marshes; rare vagrant to North America
Diet
Aquatic invertebrates and seeds
How common
Rare
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