Eurasian teals in flight

The teal is one of the many species of ducks that live in the Lagoon of Venice. It is found in Veneto throughout the year, but non-resident populations are able to migrate between extremely distant geographic areas, ranging from central Africa to Iceland, Lapland and Siberia, north of the Arctic Circle. A striking example of how the ability to fly has offered transcontinental migratory perspectives otherwise unattainable for land animals.