Birds from northeastern Bogotá Savannah, Cundinamarca, Colombia
Castro-Vargas, Fernando
Cruz-Mendivelso, Yerson
Ortega-Chamorro, Darwin
Palacino-Rodríguez, Fredy
Check List
2020
2020-10-19
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Linnaeus, 1766
Linnaeus
1766
[168,518,491,516]
Aves
Anatidae
Spatula
GBIF
Animalia
Anseriformes
10
1385
Chordata
species
discors
Figure 6E–H New records.One female was walking on flooded grass- lands of the ESNR on 24 June 2016. We recorded this species in all systematic surveys since 17 July 2016. Identification.Males with grey head and white crescent on the face and flanks. The covering feathers make blue patches. Females with mottled brown head and neck, but without half-moon.
Remarks.We recorded a female and eight chicks swimming in a wetland in the ESNR on 30 July 2016. Between 21 April and 12 June 2018, we recorded 11 active nests with an average of 11 eggs( 45.5 mm× 33 mm), of which 83% of chicks hatched, a high value compared to 35% reported by Glover (1956). A boreal migratory species.
Distribution.North America through Central America to northern South America, Uruguay, Argentina, and Chile.