Falcated Duck

Mareca falcata - Canard à faucilles

Canard à faucilles
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Anseriformes

  • Family
    :

    Anatidés

  • Genus
    :

    Mareca

  • Species
    :

    falcata

Descriptor

Georgi, 1775

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 54 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 78 à 82 cm.
  • Weight
    : 585 à 770 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Canard à faucilles
♂ adult plum. breeding
Canard à faucilles
♀ adult plum. post breeding

Falcated Duck (Mareca falcata) is a species of bird in the Anatidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Canard à faucilles,
  • Cerceta de Alfanjes,
  • pato-falcado,
  • Sichelente,
  • sarlós réce,
  • Bronskopeend,
  • Anatra falcata,
  • praktand,
  • Sibirand,
  • kačica kosierkavá,
  • čírka srpoperá,
  • Segland,
  • sirppisorsa,
  • xarxet falcat,
  • Sigðönd,
  • czuprynka,
  • lielgalvas krīklis,
  • srpasti kreheljc,
  • Касатка,
  • ヨシガモ,
  • 罗纹鸭,
  • เป็ดเปียหน้าเขียว,
  • 羅紋鴨,

Voice song and cries

Canard à faucilles
♂ adult

Habitat

Canard à faucilles

Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha) ; Marine Neritic : Estuaries ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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