Marbled Duck
Marmaronetta angustirostris
Small, subtly beautiful, gray-brown duck with a black eye-mask, long neck and wings, and dark bill. Vaguely resembles a female pintail. Both sexes are similar but males sport a more prominent shaggy crest. In flight looks pallid, with whitish underwings, pale secondaries, and dark wingtips. Mostly silent. Typically found in shallow, freshwater or brackish wetlands with abundant emergent vegetation.
Taxonomy
- Scientific name
- Marmaronetta angustirostris
- Authority
- (Ménétriés, 1832)
- Order
- Anseriformes
- Family
- Anatidae
- Genus
- Marmaronetta
Range and habitat
- Breeding range
- PAL : s Spain and nw Africa to Pakistan
- Non-breeding range
- AF
- Migration
- Complete migrants
Conservation
This bird is considered near threatened by the IUCN due to a reduction in population caused by habitat destruction and hunting. It is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.
- Population trend
- declining
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Distribution
Bird Calls
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A chunky bird with a thick dark bill. Quite plain: gray-brown on the upperparts and buffy below, with indistinct breast streaking. The breast pattern varies geographically: gray in some areas, contrasting with the buffy belly, and buff in some areas, the same color as the belly. Found at low and middle elevations in humid forest, including secondary forest. Rich, melodious, variable song consists of several penetrating whistles, generally in an up-and-down pattern. Somewhat similar to Rusty Pitohui, but smaller, with a dark rather than pale eye. Similar in size and shape to Sooty Shrikethrush, but never as uniformly blackish. Also similar to Gray Shrikethrush, but smaller, shorter-tailed, and browner, usually with more distinct breast streaking.
Lemon-browed Flycatcher
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Medium-sized, relatively slender kiskadee-like flycatcher. Yellow below and olive-brown above. The obvious broad yellow eyebrow makes this species relatively straightforward to identify. Pairs are uncommon in the foothills and lower subtropical zone of the Andes from around 800–2,000 m. Often found perched in the canopy at the forest’s edge or in a clearing.
Trilling Tapaculo
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Tiny, compact gray bird. Females are slightly duller, with brown lower sides and rump. Like most tapaculos, they are usually very shy and rarely seen in the open. Nearly identical to Tschudi’s Tapaculo, which is found at higher elevations where the two overlap; their songs are also very different. Trilling Tapaculo’s song is a long, rapid chatter.
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