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Garganey

Spatula querquedula

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Masai Mara National Reserve
2 Verified records at Masai Mara National Reserve
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The garganey (Spatula querquedula) is a small dabbling duck. It breeds in much of Europe and across the Palearctic, but is strictly 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, where large flocks can occur. This species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 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 marshes and steppe lakes. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Masai Mara National Reserve

Hottentot Teal
LC

Hottentot Teal

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Spatula hottentota

Insufficient data
Egyptian Goose
LC

Egyptian Goose

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Alopochen aegyptiaca

50–60% · Likely
White-faced Whistling Duck
LC

White-faced Whistling Duck

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Dendrocygna viduata

10–20% · With luck
Spur-winged Goose
LC

Spur-winged Goose

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Plectropterus gambensis

<5% · Rare
Red-billed Teal
LC

Red-billed Teal

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Anas erythrorhyncha

<5% · Rare
Yellow-billed Duck
LC

Yellow-billed Duck

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Anas undulata

<5% · Rare
Comb Duck
LC

Comb Duck

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Sarkidiornis melanotos

<5% · Rare
African Pygmy-Goose
LC

African Pygmy-Goose

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Nettapus auritus

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Garganey at Masai Mara National Reserve — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Keoladeo National Park 🇮🇳 India
30–40%
2 Fertő-Hanság National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
30–40%
3 Biebrza National Park 🇵🇱 Poland
20–30%
4 Hortobágy National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
20–30%
5 Kiskunság National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
10–20%
6 Białowieża National Park 🇵🇱 Poland
10–20%
7 Hemis National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
8 Ranthambore National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
9 Kaziranga National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
10 Yala National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
5–10%
11 Wadden Sea National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
<5%
12 Bavarian Forest National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
<5%
13 Doñana National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
<5%
14 Wilpattu National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
<5%
15 Amboseli National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
16 Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park 🇲🇳 Mongolia
<5%
17 Satpura National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
18 Lake Nakuru National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
19 Nagarhole National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
20 Snowdonia National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
<5%
21 Vatnajokull National Park 🇮🇸 Iceland
<5%
22 Chitwan National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
<5%
23 Khao Yai National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
24 Kanha National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
25 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
<5%
26 Sierra de Guadarrama National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
<5%
27 Ngorongoro Conservation Area 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%
28 Monfragüe National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
<5%
29 Cévennes National Park 🇫🇷 France
Insufficient data
30 Bandipur National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
31 Triglav National Park 🇸🇮 Slovenia
Insufficient data
32 Nikko National Park 🇯🇵 Japan
Insufficient data
33 Jim Corbett National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
34 Aberdare National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
Insufficient data
35 Sundarbans National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
36 Namdapha National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
37 Bandhavgarh National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
38 Queen Elizabeth National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
Insufficient data
39 Masai Mara National Reserve 🇰🇪 Kenya
Insufficient data
40 Tsavo East National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
Insufficient data
41 Serengeti National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
42 Doi Inthanon National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
Insufficient data
43 Virunga National Park 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo
Insufficient data
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