garganey

IPA: gɑrgˈæni

A small dabbling duck, Anas querquedula, that breeds in much of Europe and western Asia, and winters in Africa.

Examples of "garganey" in Sentences

Of the migratory species only a few shovellers and garganey teal tarry till May.
At the beginning of the month the garganey teal are almost the only migratory ducks to be seen on them.
The Hindu that the great white pelican, the garganey, the little stint and the temnick stint were the new visitors.
A French designer born in Paris Mr. Jean Bousquet established the company in 1964 was name derived from the word 'garganey'.
Towards the end of the month the garganey or blue-winged teal (_Querquedula circia_), which are the earliest of the migratory ducks to visit India, appear on the tanks.
In the Hadejia-Nguru wetlands the most common waterbirds are white-faced whistling duck (Dendrocygna viduata), garganey (Anas querquedula), northern pintail (Anas acuta), and ruff (Philomachus pugnax).
More than 31 threatened mammals, including the sloth bear, leopard and water buffalo and birds, including painted stork, open billed stork, garganey, pin tail and whistling teal have been identified in the park, warden Weerasinghe Dissanayake was quoted as saying.
Holkham national nature reserve will be holding a storytelling session on 5 August to mark Gruffalo Day, inspiring kids to explore its 4,000 hectares in pursuit of the grizzly creature, along with other rare species including natterjack toads, barn owls, marsh harriers, lapwings and the monstrous-sounding garganey, which is in fact a harmless rare species of duck.