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The Marbled Teal is a small diving duck found across parts of southern Europe, Asia, and North Africa that has experienced significant population declines in recent decades. It matters because its rarity and vulnerability to habitat loss have made it a conservation concern for birdwatchers and wildlife managers working to protect wetland ecosystems.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Marmaronetta
- Mass
- +492
- Image
- Marbled.teal.arp.600pix.jpg
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- P105
- species
- P141
- Near Threatened
- P9714
- Africa
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The marbled duck or marbled teal (Marmaronetta angustirostris) is a medium-sized species of duck from southern Europe, northern Africa, and western and central Asia. The scientific name, Marmaronetta angustirostris, comes from the Greek marmaros, marbled and netta, a duck, and Latin angustus, narrow or small and -rostris billed.
Distribution, habitat and breeding