Editing Garganey (section)

==Description==
[[File:Garganey (Anas querquedula) in AP W IMG 2844.jpg|thumb|left|Females]]
[[File:Spatula querquedula MHNT.ZOO.2010.11.18.1.jpg|thumb|''Spatula querquedula'' - [[MHNT]]]]
The adult male is unmistakable, with its brown head and breast with a broad white crescent over the eye. The rest of the plumage is grey, with loose grey scapular feathers. It has a grey bill and legs. In flight, it shows a pale blue [[speculum feathers|speculum]] with a white border. When swimming it will show prominent white edges on its [[tertials]]. His [[crown (anatomy)]] is dark and his face is reddish brown.<ref name=Dunn/>

Some care is needed in separating the brown female from the similar [[common teal]], but the stronger face markings and more frequent head-shaking when dabbling are good indicators. Confusion with the female of the [[blue-winged teal]] is also possible, but the head and bill shape is different, and the latter species has yellow legs. Pale eyebrow, dark eye line, pale [[Lore (anatomy)|lore]] spot bordered by a second dark line.<ref name=Dunn/>

'''Measurements''':<ref>{{Cite web|last=Oiseaux.net|title=Sarcelle d'été - Spatula querquedula - Garganey|url=https://www.oiseaux.net/birds/garganey.html|access-date=2020-09-26|website=www.oiseaux.net|language=en}}</ref>

* '''Size''': 41&nbsp;cm
* '''Wingspan''': 58 – 69&nbsp;cm.
* '''Weight''': 300–440 g

These birds feed mainly by skimming rather than upending.

The male has a distinctive crackling [[mating call]]; the female is rather silent for a female duck, but can manage a feeble ''quack''.

Garganey are rare breeding birds in the [[British Isles]], with most breeding in quiet marshes in [[Norfolk]] and [[Suffolk]]. In [[Ireland]] a few pairs breed in [[County Wexford]], and at [[Lough Beg]] in [[County Londonderry]], with occasional breeding elsewhere.

The garganey is one of the species to which the ''Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds'' ([[AEWA]]) applies. The status of the garganey on the [[IUCN Red List]] is [[least concern]].<ref name=IUCN/>