the latter species has yellow legs. Pale eyebrow, dark eye line, pale lore spot bordered by a second dark line. Measurements: Size: 41 cm Wingspan: 58 - 69 cm. Weight: 300- 440 g These birds feed mainly by skimming rather than upending. The male has a distinctive crackling mating call; the female is rather silent for a female duck, but can manage a feeble quack. Garganey are rare breeding birds in the British Isles, with most breeding in quiet marshes in Norfolk and Suffolk. In Ireland a few pairs breed in County Wexford, and at Lough Beg in County Londonderry, with occasional breeding elsewhere. The garganey is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies. The status of the garganey on the IUCN Red List is least concern. References External links RSPB Birds by Name: Garganey Ageing and sexing (PDF; 1.1 MB) by Gerd-Michael Heinze & Javier Blasco-Zumeta Spatula (genus) Ducks Birds of Eurasia Birds of Africa Birds described in 1758 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus