Maps of the birds of the Western Palearctic Region

Ducks

Anas crecca
Lakes, marshes, ponds, shallow streams, farmlands; in migration also streams and brackish marshes.
Formerly treated as two separate species.
A. c. crecca. From Iceland, British Isles and n Scandinavia e across n Russia and n Siberia to Anadyrland, Kamchatka and Commander, Kuril and Bering islands, s to c continental Europe to w,c France and n Italy, cn Turkey, sw,c Russia to Black, Caspian and Aral seas and Lake Balkhash; Caucasus, w China, Mongolia, Manchuria, s Siberia and Japan; Pribilof and Aleutian islands e to Akutan, Alaska.
A. c. carolinensis. From w,n Alaska, n Yukon, nw,s Mackenzie, s Keewatin and ne Manitoba e across ec Canada to nc Labrador and Newfoundland, s locally to s Calif., sw U.S., and c U.S. from Kansas e to W. Virginia and Delaware.
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Anas capensis
Shallow lakes, marshes, coastal lagoons.
Locally in se Libya (possibly), Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, w Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, w Zimbabwe, Mozambique and S. Africa. Ranges locally throughout e,s Africa north and west to se Niger, s Chad, Angola and se Zaire.
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Anas platyrhynchos
Ponds, lakes, marshes, flooded fields, streams, farmland, seacoasts, bays.
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A. p. platyrhynchos.
From sw Greenland, Iceland, Faroe Is., British Isles and n Scandinavia e across nw,c Russia and c Siberia to Sea of Okhotsk and Kamchatka, s to nw Africa in Morocco, ne Algeria and Tunisia; n Mediterranean region incl. most islands exc. Cyprus; Turkey, Egypt, Near East, nc,ne Arabia, n Iran, n Afghanistan, n India in Kashmir, n China mostly n of lat. 40°N, and Japan. N. America from Alaska incl. Pribilof and Aleutian is., n Yukon, nw,s Mackenzie, s Keewatin and ne Manitoba, n Ontario, s Quebec and
s Main s to s Calif., s Great Basin, s New Mexico, and from Oklahoma e through Ohio Valley to Virginia, locally to Gulf coast and Florida.
Intro. Australia and New Zealand.
Widely domesticated;
Domesticated breeds were derived from Eurasian populations of
A. p. platyrhynchos.
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A. p. diazi. From se Arizona, s New Mexico and wc Texas s in the highlands of Mexico to Jalisco, Michoacán, México, Distrito Federal, Tlaxcala and Puebla.
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Anas crecca

Common Teal

Common

has bred: Spitsbergen, Spain,

Yugoslavia, Romania

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Anas capensis

Cape Teal

Vagrant

Lybia, Israel

* no map

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Anas platyrhynchos

Mallard

Abundant

has bred Azores, Cyprus,

Jordan

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Anas rubripes
Marshes, swamps, ponds, lakes, bays, estuaries, tidal flats.
From n Saskatchewan e across c Canada to Labrador and Newfoundland, s to n S. Dakota, n Illinois, and sporadically to n Gulf states, Georgia and N. Carolina.
May be conspecific with platyrhynchos
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Anas acuta
Lakes, rivers, marshes, ponds, barrens, tundra.
From w Greenland, Iceland, Faroe Is., British Isles, Spitsbergen and Scandinavia e across Arctic Russia and Siberia to the Chukotski Peninsula, Kamchatka and Commander Is., s in continental Europe to Netherlands,
w Germany, Austria and the Balkans, sporadically to Iberian Pen., Italy and Turkey; nw Africa rarely to Morocco and Tunisia; s Russia s to Black, Caspian and Aral seas, Caucasus and n Kazakhstan, w China, Tibet, se Siberia and Kuril Is. From n Alaska, n Yukon, n Mackenzie, sw Banks and s Victoria islands, n Keewatin, Southampton I., n,e Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia s to sw,sc,se Alaska, s Calif., n Arizona, s New Mexico, and from Kansas e across c U.S. to Virginia. Winters s widely in subSaharan Africa, Indian Ocean, Borneo, Philippines, Micronesia, Hawaiian Is. and n S. America.
Notes:
( breeding in Burundi).
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Anas erythrorhyncha
Shallow lakes, ponds, marshes, streams.
Resident from Ethiopia and s Sudan through w Somalia, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, e Zaire, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia and Mozambique, s locally to s S. Africa.
Ranges widely in e,s Africa n,w to Angola, sc,ne Zaire. Madagascar.
The most abundant duck in S. Africa.
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