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Gadwall![]() Size: 46-56 cm; wing span 78-90 cm Weight: 0.5-1.0 kg |
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See Gadwall
at Wikipedia |
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Photos |
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ADULT |
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MALE |
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BREEDING |
Frontal view of a male Gadwall in breeding
plumage
in display posture
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Mora, Evora, Portugal, May 2019]
Lateral view of a male Gadwall in breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of M. Thomas)
[Eltville, Hessen, Germany, October 2018]
Lateral view of a male Gadwall in breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Mora, Evora, Portugal, May 2019]
Lateral view of a male Gadwall in breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Moita do Ribatejo, Tejo estuary, Portugal, March 2019]
Lateral view of a male Gadwall in breeding
plumage
in flight, wings up
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Mora, Evora, Portugal, April 2014]
Lateral view of a male Gadwall in breeding
plumage
in flight, wings down
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Mora, Evora, Portugal, April 2014]
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FEMALE |
Frontal view of a female Gadwall
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[St. James's Park, London, England, September 2019]
Near-dorsal view of a female Gadwall
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Moita do Ribatejo, Tejo estuary, Portugal, March 2019]
Lateral view of a female Gadwall in flight
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Embalse de Los Canchales, near Montijo, Spain, August 2019]
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PAIR |
Lateral view of a pair of Gadwalls; female on the left, male
in breeding plumage
on the right; note the orange edges on the female's bill
(photo courtesy of M. Thomas)
[Eltville, Hessen, Germany, October 2018]
Lateral view of a pair of Gadwalls; female on the left, male
in breeding plumage
on the right; note the orange edges on the female's bill
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Mora, Evora, Portugal, April 2014]
Lateral view of a pair of Gadwalls, male in breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Raia river, near Mora, Evora, Portugal, April 2020]
Frontal view of two male and a female Gadwalls in breeding
plumage at take-off
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Mora, Evora, Portugal, May 2019]
Lateral/ventral view of a pair of Gadwalls in flight; male
in breeding plumage
below
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Marinha da Garganta, Faro, Algarve, Portugal, October 2022]
Near-dorsal view of a male and two female Gadwall in flight
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Embalse de Los Canchales, near Montijo, Spain, August 2019]
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NON-BREEDING |
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PAIR |
Lateral view of a pair of Gadwalls; female on the left, male in
non-breeding plumage
on the right
(photo courtesy of G. Normand)
[Grand Voyeux Regional Nature Reserve, near Paris, France, March 2021]
Two pairs of Gadwalls in non-breeding
plumage,
males at the centre, females left and right
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve, Fareham, Hampshire,
England, September 2019]
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IMMATURE/JUVENILE |
Female Gadwall with a clutch of 8 chicks
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Near Mora, Evora, Portugal, May 2019]
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Behaviour |
Gadwalls can form substantial flocks
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Azud del Guadiana, Badajoz, Granada, Spain, November 2021]