---
title: "Czuprynka"
description: "Mareca falcata — Ptaki. The falcated duck or falcated teal (Mareca falcata) is a gadwall-sized dabbling duck from the east Palearctic (East Siberia and Mongolia to North Japan; wintering to India)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/falcated-duck
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Czuprynka

> Mareca falcata — Ptaki. The falcated duck or falcated teal (Mareca falcata) is a gadwall-sized dabbling duck from the east Palearctic (East Siberia and Mongolia to North Japan; wintering to India).

- Scientific name: *Mareca falcata*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Jeziora i rzeki)
- iNaturalist observations: 3887
- Wikidata: [Q28106789](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28106789)
- iNaturalist taxon: [558440](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/558440)

## Names

- en: Falcated Duck
- de: Sichelente
- es: Cerceta de alfanjes
- fr: Canard à faucilles
- pl: Czuprynka

## Countries with the most observations

JP (821), CN (694), KR (464), RU (441), TW (147), HK (81), US (74), IN (28), NL (19), DE (18), KP (17), MN (13)

## Summary

The falcated duck or falcated teal (Mareca falcata) is a gadwall-sized dabbling duck from the east Palearctic (East Siberia and Mongolia to North Japan; wintering to India).

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcated_duck

## Photo

![Czuprynka](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/falcated-duck/medium.jpg)

Photo: Лариса Артемьева · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/108293543

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/falcated-duck?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).