Marbled Teal
Marmaronetta
angustirostris
Photographed at
AnimalKingdom,Orlando,Florida Mar 2011
This Mediterranean medium-sized duck used to be
included among the dabbling ducks, but is now classed as a diving duck. Its breeding habitat is lowland where they lay their
eggs in long grass or in high trees in Spain and northwest Africa. They may lay
7 to 10 cream eggs.
The Marbled Duck is approximately 15–17 in long.
Adults are a pale sandy-brown colour, diffusely blotched off-white, with a dark
eye-patch and shaggy head.
These birds feed mainly in shallow water by dabbling or up-ending, occasionally
diving. This bird is considered vulnerable due to a reduction
in population caused by habitat destruction and hunting.
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