Garganey

Spatula querquedula

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Cordats)
ClassAves (Aus)
OrderAnseriformes
FamilyAnatidae (Anàtids)
GenusSpatula (Shovelers and Allies)
SpeciesSpatula querquedula (Garganey)

Insufficient data

overall probability at Nikko National Park

1 Verified records at Nikko National Park

☀️ 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 Nikko National Park

Spatula clypeata

Anas platyrhynchos

Anas zonorhyncha

Aix galericulata

Aythya fuligula

Anas crecca

Aythya ferina

Mareca penelope

Mergus merganser

Bucephala clangula

Anas acuta

Aythya marila

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📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Garganey at Nikko National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ When They're Spotted

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

☀️Diurnal

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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Garganey

Closest Relatives at Nikko National Park

Northern Shoveler

Mallard

Eastern Spot-billed Duck

Mandarin Duck

Tufted Duck

Common Teal

Common Pochard

Eurasian Wigeon

Common Merganser

Common Goldeneye

Northern Pintail

Greater Scaup

📅 Monthly Probability

☀️ When They're Spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found