Garganey

The garganey is a small dabbling duck with a wingspan of 58 to 69cm. It breeds across much of Europe and the Palearctic in grassland next to shallow marshes and steppe lakes, and is strictly migratory, the whole population moving in the northern winter to Africa, India, Bangladesh and Australasia, where large flocks can occur (Wikipedia, general species account).

Like other small ducks such as the Eurasian teal, it springs easily from the water with a fast, twisting flight. Linnaeus described it in 1758, and it was moved to the genus Spatula after a 2009 molecular study. The sources opened give no size, diet or breeding figures beyond the wingspan, so none are stated.