Key Facts
Family: Anatidae
Biometrics:
Length: 38 to 42 cm, Weight: 450 to 600 g, Wingspan: 70 to 74 cm
Range:
Indian subcontinent and in the lowlands and wetlands of Southeast Asia in Pakistan, North India, Deccan Manipur, Andaman, Nicobar, Maldives and Bangladesh.
Habitat:
Subtropical or tropical mangrove vegetation and grassland, wet or flooded, wetlands, bogs, marshes, swamps, fens, peatlands, freshwater lakes, marine coastal supratidal, coastal freshwater lakes, artificial or terrestrial arable land, artificial/aquatic and marine water storage areas
Clicked at: Bhagwan Mahaveer Sanctuary and Zuari river bank at Goa
