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English Gadwall
Scientific (Mareca strepera)
Order ANSERIFORMES
Family (Latin) Anatidae
Family (English) Ducks, Geese, Swans
Other name(s) Canard chipeau
Breeding Regions NA, PAL
Breeding Range Subregions widespread
Nonbreeding Range Subregions MA, AF, n OR
Countries (BETA)map Afghanistan,Albania,Algeria,Armenia,Austria,Azerbaijan,Bahrain,Belarus,Belgium,Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria,Cameroon,Canada,Chad,China,Croatia,Cyprus,Czech Republic,Democratic Republic of Congo,Denmark, Egypt,Eritrea,Estonia,Ethiopia,Finland,France,Georgia,Germany,Greece,Hong Kong, Hungary,Iceland,India - Andaman and Nicobar Islands,India - mainland,Iran,Iraq,Ireland,Israel,Italy,Japan, Jordan,Kazakhstan,Kenya,Kiribati,Kuwait,Kyrgyzstan,Latvia,Lebanon,Libya,Liechtenstein, Lithuania,Luxembourg,Macedonia,Mali,Malta,Marshall Islands,Mexico,Moldova,Mongolia,Montenegro, Morocco,Myanmar,Nepal,Netherlands,Niger,Nigeria,Northern Mariana Islands,Norway,Oman,Pakistan, Palestine,Poland,Portugal,Romania,Russia,Saudi Arabia,Senegal,Serbia,Singapore,Slovakia, Slovenia,Somalia,South Korea,South Sudan,Spain,Sri Lanka,Sudan,Sweden,Switzerland,Syria, Taiwan,Tajikistan,Thailand,Tunisia,Turkey,Turkmenistan,Ukraine,United Arab Emirates,United Kingdom,United States - Alaska, United States - mainland,Uzbekistan,Vietnam,Western Sahara,Yemen,
IOC 13.1 Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range
strepera n, c PAL, NA
couesi † † Tabuaeran Is. (Kiribati)
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet )
Described by (Linnaeus, 1758)
German Schnatterente
French Canard chipeau
Chinese 赤膀鸭
Japanese オカヨシガモ
Russian Серая утка
Spanish Ánade friso
Portuguese frisada
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Breeding Range Codes
AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN Antarctica
AO Atlantic Ocean
AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
PAL Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO Indian Ocean
LA Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO Northern oceans
OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
PO Pacific Ocean
SA South America
SO Southern oceans
TO Temperate oceans
TrO Tropical oceans
Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes
EX Extinct
EW Extinct in the wild
CR Critically Endangered
EN Endangered
VU Vulnerable
NT Near Threatened
LC Least Concern
DD Data deficient
NE Not evaluated
PE Probably extinct (informal)
PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)