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Spatula querquedula
Basic stats
Diet
Aquatic invertebrates, seeds, plant matter
Habitat
Marshes, flooded fields, shallow lakes
Range
Europe and Asia, winters into the tropics
Clutch size
8–11 eggs
Incubation period
About 21–23 days
Size
Small (37–41cm)
Wingspan
~60–63cm
Weight
~300–400g
A small, neat dabbling duck, breeding males showing a bold white crescent above the eye, while females and non-breeding birds are subtly mottled brown.
One of the most regular migratory ducks reaching Borneo, arriving from Eurasian breeding grounds to spend the northern winter on shallow wetlands and flooded fields.
