gadwall
Anas strepera latin

Gadwall was stripped and designated for sale 10 April 1967.

Between 1962 and 1976 Gadwall were recorded annually, numbers ranging from seven to 55 in a winter.

Gadwall said you could have dropped in that many straws and done every bit as well."

The Gadwall is a quieter duck, except during its courtship display.

The etymology of the word Gadwall is not known but the term has been recorded in usage from 1666.

The closest relative of this species is the Gadwall, followed by the wigeons.

It was not a gadwall.

"Some man in town gave Gadwall a couple of needles and told him to make him some iron ones.

Bird life seen includes gadwall, great crested grebe and little ringed plover.

You might also see gadwall, Brent geese and Bewick's swans.

Gadwall is a former settlement in Merced County, California.

Gadwall may refer to:

Several species of duck breed including Shoveler, Gadwall and Pochard.

The Gadwall is 46-56 cm (18-22 in) long with a 78-90 cm (31-35 in) wingspan.

The meres form an important habitat for birds, with gadwall, garganey and ruddy ducks among the species that have been observed here.

The Gadwall breeds in the northern areas of Europe and Asia, and central North America.

In Great Britain, the Gadwall is a scarce-breeding bird and winter visitor, though its population has increased in recent years.

The male resembles a male Common Gadwall in eclipse plumage save for some white speckling on the breast and back.

It was one of the first sites in the country used by gadwall for breeding, and also has a population of goosander in the winter.

In one observation, an adult Great Black-back was seen to rob a female peregrine falcon of a freshly caught gadwall.

Men named for birds, as Auk had been and Gyrfalcon and Gadwall were, could have a picture of the appropriate bird.

The most common waterfowl usually seen include the Canada geese, mallards, pintails, blue-winged teal, shovelers, and gadwall.

In 1943, the airfield was transferred to the Admiralty and commissioned as HMS Gadwall.

Nationally important wintering populations are supported such as Gadwall, Shoveler and Pochard.

Bird species include gadwall, shoveler, pochard, tufted duck, grey heron and mute swans.

The Gadwall (Anas strepera) is a common and widespread duck of the family Anatidae.

Feathers of Gadwall (Anas strepera)

GADWALL Anas strepera.

Gadwall Anas strepera (Laagh ghlass)

The latter, Coues' Gadwall (Anas strepera couesi), was the only distinct subspecies of the widespread Gadwall.

Coues' Gadwall or Washington Island Gadwall, Anas strepera couesi - extinct (late 19th century)

While many scientists consider it as a dwarfed subspecies of the Common Gadwall (Anas strepera strepera) others argue that the two individuals might have been just juveniles of a local breeding population that might not even be taxonomically distinct.

Coues' Gadwall or Washington Island Gadwall (Anas strepera couesi) is an extinct dabbling duck which is only known by two immature specimens from the Pacific island of Teraina, Line Islands, Kiribati.

Due to the malleability of the Mallard's genetic code, which gives it its vast interbreeding capability, mutations in the genes that decide plumage colour are very common and have resulted in a wide variety of hybrids such as Brewer's Duck (Mallard x Gadwall, Anas strepera).