The overall distribution of this species can be assessed, and
specific locations where birds have been spotted can be found,
based on individual sighting reports submitted by birdwatchers to
ebird.org
.
The global distribution of the Garganey is available
HERE
.
Garaneys are a strongly migratory Eurasian species.
Their breeding grounds are in temperate Europe and
mid-latitude Asia, to Korea and Japan in the East.
They spend the northern winters in the South, from
southern and eastern Africa (the European and
western Asian population), parts of India (mostly
the western half) and South-east Asia (the far
eastern Asian population). Some even reach Australia.
Except for a few stragglers, Garganeys are found in Australia
as non-breeding migrants to parts of the tropical North of the
continent. Information about their whereabouts in the northern
interior is scarce.
Garganeys have a preference for wetlands around nutrient-rich,
shallow fresh water, such as submerged
pasture and steppe. In their winter grounds they can form
large flocks, but not during the breeding season.