Ducks, Geese and Swans (Anatidae)
Gadwall (Anas strepera) - HBW 1, p. 602
French: Canard chipeau
German: Schnatterente
Spanish: Anade Friso
Other common names: Gray Duck
Taxonomy: Anas strepera Linnaeus, 1758, Europe.
Sometimes placed in monospecific genus Chaulelasmus. Race couesi, Coues' Gadwall, described from Washington and New York Is, C Pacific, apparently not seen after its discovery in 1874 and considered extinct. Monotypic.
Distribution: Widespread over great part of Palearctic and Nearctic Regions.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Stomping in the water , they graze from the ground. Filmed in Muenster-Rieselfelder. Locality Rieselfelder Münster, Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Christian Wiesmann 22 March 2010 3 years ago 32 sec 4.4 -
male swimming at light of the sunset Locality Aiguamolls de l'Empordà Natural Park, Girona Province, Catalonia, Spain
Ferran Vaquero 28 March 2012 1 year ago 44 sec 4.3 -
Adult males and female feeding. Locality Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, Alaska, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Wayne Hall 2 May 2012 1 year ago 27 sec 4.2 -
a male swimming and feeding Locality Oostvaardersplassen Nature Reserve, Flevoland Province, Netherlands (Monotypic species)
Wout van den Brink 3 years ago 24 sec 4.2 -
A male and female swimming. Locality Borsbeek, Antwerp Province, Belgium
Jeremiusz Trzaska 14 February 2009 3 years ago 20 sec 4.2 -
Two females and a male stealing food from some Common Coots. Locality Candasnos, Huesca, Aragón, Spain (Monotypic species)
Jesús Laborda 23 December 2012 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 59 sec 4
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Winter migrant visitor
Locality Nottinghamshire, England, Great Britain
nottsexminer 2 February 2013 14 weeks ago 4 -
A male in breeding plumage
Locality Arcata Marsh & Wildlife Sanctuary, Arcata, Humboldt County, California, USA (United States)
AndrewSmith 1 February 2013 15 weeks ago 4 -
A non-breeding female
Locality Arcata Marsh & Wildlife Sanctuary, Arcata, Humboldt County, California, USA (United States)
AndrewSmith 20 April 2012 19 weeks ago 4 -
A male in breeding plumage
Locality Arcata Marsh & Wildlife Sanctuary, Arcata, Humboldt County, California, USA (United States)
AndrewSmith 20 November 2011 1 year ago 4 -
Pair of gadwalls landing
Locality Ballona Freshwater Marsh, Los Angeles County, California, USA (United States)
susanks 26 April 2009 3 years ago 4 -
A male.
Locality Catalonia, Spain (Monotypic species)
Fran Trabalon 10 February 2010 2 years ago 3.9
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Female giving alarm calls Locality Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 February 1984 3 years ago 4 -
A drake calling Locality London, England, Great Britain
Stuart Fisher 19 December 2009 3 years ago 3
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