Common Teal ( Anas crecca ) |
Description |
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Various |
The smallest of ducks, the drake has the red head with a dark green eyebrow, its beak is slightly tucked up. In the rumpithas a yellow triangle on each side. The womb is white and the light gray body. Hen has the brown plumage. Speculum on the wings is green. |
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it is very fast in flight and very agile,it is capable of changing course very quickly and almost upright especially when it receives a gunshot. She likes to fly in troops. Very active in the twilight and the nights of full moon
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Habitat : | Very frequent, one a little meets it everywhere in the little deep wet zones.itis frequent also on the coast and in estuaries or lagoons. |
Food : | Aquatic Insects, towards, molluscs, water plants. |
Size : | 13.396 inch (34-38 cm) |
Weight : 250-400 g |
Wing span : 22.852 inch (58-64 cm) |