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Anas falcata (Falcated Teal; Falcated Duck)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Falcated Duck or Falcated Teal (Anas falcata) is a Gadwall-sized dabbling duck.
View Wikipedia Record: Anas falcata

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  1.43 lbs (650 g)
Birth Weight [2]  49 grams
Female Weight [3]  1.29 lbs (585 g)
Clutch Size [4]  7
Migration [5]  Intracontinental

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Map Climate Land
Use
Amur meadow steppe China, Russia Palearctic Flooded Grasslands and Savannas
Bohai Sea saline meadow China Palearctic Flooded Grasslands and Savannas  
Brahmaputra Valley semi-evergreen forests India Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Central China loess plateau mixed forests China Palearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Changbai Mountains mixed forests China, Dem. People's Rep of Korea Palearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Changjiang Plain evergreen forests China Palearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Da Hinggan-Dzhagdy Mountains conifer forests China, Russia Palearctic Temperate Coniferous Forests
Daba Mountains evergreen forests China Palearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Daurian forest steppe China, Mongolia, Russia Palearctic Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
East Siberian taiga Russia Palearctic Boreal Forests/Taiga
Great Lakes Basin desert steppe Mongolia, Russia Palearctic Deserts and Xeric Shrublands
Guizhou Plateau broadleaf and mixed forests China Palearctic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Hainan Island monsoon rain forests China Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Hengduan Mountains subalpine conifer forests China Palearctic Temperate Coniferous Forests
Himalayan subtropical broadleaf forests India, Bhutan, Nepal Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Hokkaido deciduous forests Japan Palearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Hokkaido montane conifer forests Japan Palearctic Temperate Coniferous Forests
Honshu alpine conifer forests Japan Palearctic Temperate Coniferous Forests  
Huang He Plain mixed forests China Palearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Jian Nan subtropical evergreen forests China Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Kamchatka Mountain tundra and forest tundra Russia Palearctic Tundra
Kamchatka-Kurile meadows and sparse forests Russia Palearctic Boreal Forests/Taiga
Kamchatka-Kurile taiga Russia Palearctic Boreal Forests/Taiga
Lower Gangetic Plains moist deciduous forests Bangladesh, India Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Manchurian mixed forests Republic of Korea, Dem. People's Rep of Korea, China, Russia Palearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Meghalaya subtropical forests India Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Mongolian-Manchurian grassland China, Mongolia Palearctic Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
Nenjiang River grassland China Palearctic Flooded Grasslands and Savannas
Nihonkai evergreen forests Japan Palearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests    
Nihonkai montane deciduous forests Japan Palearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests  
Northeast China Plain deciduous forests China Palearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Northeastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests China, India, Bhutan Palearctic Temperate Coniferous Forests
Northern Indochina subtropical forests China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Nujiang Langcang Gorge alpine conifer and mixed forests China Palearctic Temperate Coniferous Forests
Okhotsk-Manchurian taiga Russia Palearctic Boreal Forests/Taiga
Qin Ling Mountains deciduous forests China Palearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Sakhalin Island taiga Russia Palearctic Boreal Forests/Taiga
Sayan Alpine meadows and tundra Mongolia, Russia Palearctic Montane Grasslands and Shrublands
Sayan Intermontane steppe Russia Palearctic Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
Sayan montane conifer forests Mongolia, Russia Palearctic Temperate Coniferous Forests
Selenge-Orkhon forest steppe Mongolia, Russia Palearctic Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
Sichuan Basin evergreen broadleaf forests China Palearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
South China-Vietnam subtropical evergreen forests China, Viet Nam Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
South Sakhalin-Kurile mixed forests Russia Palearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests    
South Siberian forest steppe Russia Palearctic Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
Suiphun-Khanka meadows and forest meadows China, Russia Palearctic Flooded Grasslands and Savannas
Taiheiyo evergreen forests Japan Palearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Taiheiyo montane deciduous forests Japan Palearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Terai-Duar savanna and grasslands Bhutan, India, Nepal Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Trans-Baikal Bald Mountain tundra Russia Palearctic Tundra
Trans-Baikal conifer forests Russia, Mongolia Palearctic Boreal Forests/Taiga
Upper Gangetic Plains moist deciduous forests India Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Ussuri broadleaf and mixed forests Russia Palearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Yellow Sea saline meadow China Palearctic Flooded Grasslands and Savannas
Yunnan Plateau subtropical evergreen forests China Palearctic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Map Climate Land Use
Aleutian Islands Biosphere Reserve 2720489 Alaska, United States    
Azas Zapovednik Ia 742280 Tuva, Russia
Azraq Wetland Reserve IV   Jordan
Barguzinskiy Biosphere Reserve Zapovednik Ia 924970 Buryatia, Russia
Bung Boraphet Non-hunting Area No or Non Hunting Area III   Thailand  
Buxa Tiger Reserve Sanctuary IV 23685 West Bengal, India  
Daurskiy Biosphere Reserve 562659 Russia  
Dinghushan Nature Reserve V 2320 Guangdong, China  
Fujian Wuyishan Nature Reserve V 206754 Fujian, China  
Komsomolsky Zapovednik Ia 159168 Khabarovsk, Russia
Kronotskiy Biosphere Reserve 361480 Russia  
Manas National Park II 135025 Assam, India
Neusiedler See-Osterreichischer Teil   Austria        
Nong Nam Khao Non-hunting Area No or Non Hunting Area   Thailand        
Rajaji National Park II 196637 Uttaranchal, India  
Royal Chitwan National Park II 292637 Nepal  
Sikhote-Alinskiy Biosphere Reserve 978001 Russia  
Sokhondinskiy Biosphere Reserve Ia 521363 Chita, Russia
Thale Sap Nong Bong Khai Non-hunting Area No or Non Hunting Area   Thailand        
Ubsunurskaya Kotlovina (Ubsunur Depression) Zapovednik Ia 798640 Tuva, Russia
Yancheng Nature Reserve V 711488 China    

Important Bird Areas

BirdLife Species Factsheet: View Factsheet
Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Map   Climate   Land Use 
Aniva bay Russia (Asian) A1, A4i, A4iii  
Bolon' lake Russia (Asian) A1, A3, A4i
Dongting Hu wetlands China (mainland) A1, A4i, A4iii
Evoron-Chukchagirskoye depression Russia (Asian) A1, A4i, A4iii
Forty islands Russia (Asian) A1, A4i, A4iii
Kunashir island Russia (Asian) A1, A3, A4i, A4ii  
Kuznetski Alatau Russia (Central Asian) A1, A3, A4i
Lake Biwako Japan A4i, A4iii
Lake Hamanako Japan A4i, A4iii
Lower Tumen river Russia (Asian) A1, A4i, A4ii, A4iii
Nevskoye lake Russia (Asian) A1, A4i, A4iii
North-east Sakhalin lagoons Russia (Asian) A1, A4i
Tyk and Viakhtu bays Russia (Asian) A1, A4i
Upo swamp South Korea A1, A4i

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website Map
Himalaya Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan No
Indo-Burma Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam No
Japan Japan No
Mountains of Southwest China China, Myanmar No

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Aploparaksis furcigera[6]
Capillaria anatis <Unverified Name>[6]
Capillaria spinulosa <Unverified Name>[6]
Echinostoma corvi <Unverified Name>[6]
Echinostoma revolutum[6]
Epomidiostomum anatinum <Unverified Name>[6]
Epomidiostomum uncinatum <Unverified Name>[6]
Eucoleus contortus <Unverified Name>[6]
Eucotyle zakharowi <Unverified Name>[6]
Fimbriaria fasciolaris[6]
Metorchis xanthostomus[6]
Microsomacanthus tuvensis <Unverified Name>[6]
Notocotylus attenuatus[6]
Notocotylus imbricatus <Unverified Name>[6]
Trichobilharzia kowalewskii <Unverified Name>[6]
Trichobilharzia ocellata[6]
Zygocotyle lunata[6]

Institutions (Zoos, etc.)

    Maps
Institution Infraspecies / Breed 
Arundel Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust
Attica Zoological Park S.A.
Beale Park
Bioparc Valencia
Blackbrook Zoological Park
Budapest Zool.& Botanical Garden
Buffalo Zoological Gardens
Central Park Zoo
Cologne Zoo
Denver Zoological Gardens
Dept. of National Zoological Gardens
Exmoor Zoological Park
Inokashira Park Zoo
Münchener Tierpark Hellabrunn
Memphis Zoological Garden & Aquarium
Miejski Ogrod Zoologiczny, Plock
North of England Zoological Society
Paignton Zoo Environmental Park
Parc des Oiseaux
Parc Paradisio S.A.
Parc Zoologique De Cleres (MNHN)
Pensthorpe Conservation Trust Limited
Ragunan Zoological Park
Rotterdam Zoo
San Diego Zoo
Slimbridge New Grounds W&WTrust
Staten Island Zoo
Tama Zoological Park
Tilgate Nature Centre
Vogelpark (Birdpark) Avifauna
Wilhelma Zoo
Zagreb Zoo / Zooloski vrt Zagreb
Zoo de Santillana y Parque Cuaternario
Zoo Santo Inácio Vila Nova de Gaia
Zoo Sauvage de St-Félicien
Zoo Zürich
Zoologicka zahrada Ostrava
Zoologická a botanická zahrada Plzen
Zoologischer Garten Augsburg GmbH
Zoologischer Garten Leipzig

Range Map

Link to Map
North America; Oceania;

External References

Photos

Citations

Species recognized by Banks R.C., 23-Jan-2007, ITIS Global: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1A comparative study of egg mass and clutch size in the Anseriformes, Jordi Figuerola and Andy J. Green, J Ornithol (2006) 147: 57–68 ♦ 2Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605 ♦ 3Shaw Tsen-Hwang. 1936. The birds of Hopei Province. - Zoologia Sinica. Series B. The Vertebrates of China. Vol. 15. Fan Memorial Institute of Biology, Peiping ♦ 4Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303 ♦ 5Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org ♦ 6Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 gis.wwfus.org/wildfinder
Protected Areas provided by Biological Inventories of the World's Protected Areas in cooperation between the Information Center for the Environment at the University of California, Davis and numerous collaborators.
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Biodiversity Hotspots, Conservation International
Important Bird Areas provided by BirdLife International (2010) Important Bird Areas. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 29/12/2010
Images provided by Google Image Search
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Range map provided by BirdLife International (2011) Bird species distribution maps of the world.
Weather provided by NOAA METAR Data Access
Institution information provided by International Species Information System - May 2011