#0931 · 🐦 birds

Marbled Duck

🇳🇱 Marmereend ·Marmaronetta angustirostris

NTnear threatened 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © jjulio2000 · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Diego González Dopico · CC BY 4.0
3. © jjulio2000 · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Diego González Dopico · CC BY 4.0
6. © Cluny Macpherson · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Alicante, ES-VC, ES:© Croftylock · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Souss - Massa - Draâ, MA:© Lupoli Roland · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 13460 Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, Francia:© mauro_fioretto · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Baleares, ES-PM, ES:© Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

The marbled duck , or marbled teal ( Marmaronetta angustirostris ), is a medium-sized duck. The scientific name, Marmaronetta angustirostris , comes from the Greek marmaros , marbled and netta , a duck, and Latin angustus , narrow or small and rostris billed.

base stats

NL sightings 4iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,982iNaturalist observations
weight 562 gadult, up to
threat NTnear threatened

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).