Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Anas querquedula
Garganey

Size: 37- 41 cm
Habitat
They prefer shallow, fresh waters in lakes, lagoons and marshes with abundant aquatic vegetation. They can be seen in paleartic ecozones (Europe, Asia, north of the Himalaya foothills, northern Africa, and the northern and central parts of the Arabian Peninsula).
Pre and post-breeding,  trans-Saharan migrating species, in the Iberian Peninsula as well as the Balearic Islands. They nest in certain areas in Doñana and the Marismas del Guadalquivir. They can be easily identified when males show their mating plumage displaying a wide, white stripe on top of his eye reaching the nape.