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{{Short description|Species of bird}} {{Speciesbox | name = Garganey | image = Garganey,_Israel.jpg | image_caption = Male | image2 = Anas_querquedula,_Slottsskogen,_Göteborg,_Sweden_1.jpg | image2_caption = Female | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn | author =BirdLife International | title = ''Spatula querquedula'' | page = e.T22680313A86016410 | year = 2016| doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22680313A86016410.en | access-date = 22 February 2022}}</ref> | genus = Spatula | species = querquedula | authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]) | synonyms = *''Anas querquedula'' {{small|Linnaeus, 1758}} *''Anas circia'' {{small|Linnaeus, 1758}} | range_map = Spatula querquedula map.svg }} The '''garganey''' ('''''Spatula querquedula''''') is a small [[dabbling duck]]. It breeds in much of Europe and across the [[Palearctic]], but is strictly [[bird migration|migratory]], with the entire population moving to Africa, India (in particular [[Santragachi]]), Bangladesh (in the natural reservoirs of [[Sylhet]] district) and [[Australasia]] during the winter of the Northern hemisphere,<ref name=Clements/> where large flocks can occur. This species was first described by [[Carl Linnaeus]] in his landmark 1758 [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'']]. Like other small [[ducks]] such as the [[Eurasian teal]], this species rises easily from the water with a fast twisting [[wader]]-like flight. Their breeding habitat is grassland adjacent to shallow [[marsh]]es and [[steppe]] lakes.
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