Marbled Duck

What the Marbled Duck sounds like

Recorded by Joost van Bruggen · Call · Área Metropolitana de Sevilla (near Isla Mayor), Sevilla, Andalucía, Spain · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Marbled Duck

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is April, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Marbled Duck

The map shades 24 countries with regular records, and 10 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in France, United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium, United States, Netherlands, Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Jordan.

About the Marbled Duck

The marbled duck or marbled teal is a medium-sized species of duck from southern Europe, northern Africa, and western and central Asia. The scientific name, Marmaronetta angustirostris, comes from the Greek marmaros, marbled and netta, a duck, and Latin angustus, narrow or small and -rostris billed.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Green Pygmy GooseNettapus pulchellusRanging from 30 to 36 cm (12 to 14 in) in length, the green pygmy goose is one of the smallest species of duck. Ashy-headed GooseChloephaga poliocephalaThe ashy-headed goose is 50 to 60 cm (20 to 24 in) long. Andean TealAnas andiumThe Andean teal is a South American species of duck.