Key Facts
Family: Anatidae
Biometrics:
Length: 35 to 40 cm, Weight: Male - 250 to 500 g, Famale - 250 to 600 g, Wingspan: 60 to 63 cm
Range:
They breed in Europe and Northwest Asia. These birds are migratory and migrate to south for the winter between July and September to Africa, the Indian subcontinent (especially South India), Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, and neighboring islands. Return migration is after February.
Habitat:
During the breeding season, these birds live in small to large shallow lakes, reservoirs surrounded by vegetation or wetlands, in winter freshwater or saltwater reservoirs, lakes
Clicked at: BPS - Bhandup Pumping Station, Mumbai
