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Gadwall Anas strepera
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Length: 14.5 inches Wingspan: 35 inches
Large dabbling duck with steep forehead
White speculum
Juvenile similar to adult female ...
Gadwall
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Gadwall
Relatives in same Genus
Northern Pintail (A. acuta)
American Wigeon (A. americana)
Northern Shoveler (A. clypeata)
Green-winged Teal (A. crecca)
Cinnamon Teal (A. cyanoptera)
Blue-winged Teal (A. discors)
Eurasian Wigeon (A. penelope) ...
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
No photo of the Gadwall available.
The Gadwall is from the order Anseriformes. Anseriformes are birds, with over 150 species belonging to this order.
Gadwall
Anas stepera
The Gadwall (Anas stepera) is a widespread duck across all of North America. In general it breeds across much of the northern United States and Canada, and winters along both coasts and much of the southern U.S. and Mexico.
Gadwall establish pair bonds during fall migration, then remain together until the breeding season. On the breeding grounds, the female builds a cup nest, usually on bare ground in a concealed, grassy area.
Gadwall: Large dabbling duck with finely barred gray body, black rump and undertail coverts, white belly, and rust-brown shoulders. Head and neck are gray-brown; bill is gray. Wings have black-bordered white speculum most visible in flight.
Gadwall Behaviour
No observations regarding Gadwall behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Interesting Facts about Gadwalls ...
Gadwall
(Anas strepera)
Status: Migrant.
Last recorded on site in 2010
The Patuxent web-site provides more general information about this species.
Occurs during migration on lakes and ponds in thoughout the lab.
Nesting success often higher than other dabblers. Strong female nest site tenacity. Nest parasitism by other Gadwalls and by scaup, not uncommon. Breeding season later than most other ducks. Gadwalls feed farther from shore than do other dabblers.
Gadwall
Anas strepera Linnaeus
Status Rare in summer, very rare in winter. Breeds. It was listed by Blakiston and Bland (1857) as "in winter: rare," which is plausible, as early collectors tended to know their waterfowl.
Gadwall (Anas strepera) is a common winter visitor in India. Gadwall generally prefers freshwater reedy marshes, jheels and water bodies. Gregarious, and keeps near emergent vegetation.
GADWALL, Anas strepera, Wils. Amer. Orn., vol. viii. p. 120.
ANAS STREPERA, Bonap. Syn., p. 383.
ANAS (CHAULIODUS) STREPERA, Gadwall, Swains. and Rich. F. Bor. Amer.,vol. ii. p. 440.
GADWALL or GREY, Nutt. Man., vol. ii. p. 383.
Common Gadwall, Coues's Gadwall, Gray Duck, Grey Duck
Bird Family :
Anatini - Typical ducks ...
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Status – Gadwall
Classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List (1).
Description – Gadwall ...
Gadwall Anas strepera Found: North America, Central America, Europe
Photographed by: 1, 2) David Dohnal 3) Dick Daniels in Wyoming 4) Jam4travel 5) Terry Alexander 6, 7) Dick Daniels at Sylvan Heights
8) Michael J Thompson at Jackson Bottom ...
Gadwall at Gallinas
It's mid-October, so we can now look at the ducks without getting totally frustrated.
Gadwalls are more common in central and north Florida and during fall and winter. They are more likely to dive while foraging and feed farther from water than most dabblers.
Gadwall Ducklings, or, Aaawww, Cute!
The Usual Waterfowl: Junior Edition
The Usual Waterfowl
AOU to leave Mexican Duck in limbo
Ruddy Duck with Black Cheeks ...
Gadwall Anas strepera. Occasional breeder. Common in winter, fairly common to uncommon in spring and fall, and rare in summer in all regions. Found in shallow freshwater and brackish-water ponds with abundant aquatic vegetation.
Gadwall
Winter Sighting Information: common
Nest on or near Refuge? yes
Common Goldeneye
Winter Sighting Information: uncommon
Nest on or near Refuge? no ...
Gadwell (Gadwall) (BKT)
Reduce
Per 2009 LMP, evaluate if changing from annual to alternate year stocking will maintain or improve long term survival and growth and maintain the long range goal. Lake is in the BWCAW.
Harwich: 1 PECTORAL SANDPIPER (quite early), 6+ Killdeer, 7 Greater Yellowlegs, 1 Blue-winged Teal, 32 Green-winged Teal, 6 Gadwall, 1 N.Pintail Cow Yard, Chatham: 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull (ad.) Blair Nikula -- 3/14 Rye, NH Steve Mirick .
88 Willow oak - water oak - diamondleaf oak 89 Live oak 95 Black willow 203 Balsam poplar 217 Aspen 235 Cottonwood - willow 252 Paper birch SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : NO-ENTRY PLANT COMMUNITIES : During the breeding season, gadwalls ...
Anas strepera - Gadwall
Anas crecca - Green-winged Teal
Anas platyrhynchos - Mallard (in Birds of NWO)
Anas acuta - Northern Pintail
Anas discors - Blue-winged Teal
Anas clypeata - Northern Shoveler
Anas falcata - Falcated Teal ...
A gadwall's diet is mostly aquatic vegetation, so they often can be seen feeding in deep water. They nest in the north-central U.S. and central Canada's Prairie Pothole Region. Females lay 7-12 eggs in a small nest in fields, meadows or islands.
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)
Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca)
Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)
Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis)
Long-tailed Duck (Oldsquaw) (Clangula hyemalis) ...
A visit to the Chincoteague Fish and Wildlife Refuge, can reveal an array of waterfowl including pintail, gadwall, merganser, wigeon, mallards, green-winged teal, blue-winged teal, Canada and snow geese.
American black ducks are common and wood ducks, pintails, gadwalls, wigeons, hooded mergansers are seen.
The dip-net method also worked on Horned Grebe, Western Grebe, Pied-billed Grebe, Gadwall, Mallard, Northern Shoveler, Ruddy Duck, and American Coot. Yellow collars were placed on grebes, but caused mortality, so their usage was discontinued.
 See also: Duck, Mallard, Wigeon, Teal, Green-winged Teal
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