Species: Aythya fuligula
Tufted Duck
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Craniata
Class
Aves
Order
Anseriformes
Family
Anatidae
Genus
Aythya
NatureServe
Classification
Other Global Common Names
Fuligule morillon
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Vertebrates - Birds - Waterfowl
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Craniata - Aves - Anseriformes - Anatidae - Aythya
Ecology and Life History
Migration
false - true - true
Non-migrant
false
Locally Migrant
true
Food Comments
Diver; eats roots, seeds, and buds of aquatic plants; skims flies and duckweeds from water surface; dives for clams, snails, aquatic insects, sometimes amphibians and fishes.
Reproduction Comments
Lays eggs in May-June; clutch size usually is 8-10; incubation, by female, lasts 23-28 days; young fly at about 45-50 days; nests singly or in small "colonies" (Terres 1980).
Ecology Comments
Nonbreeding: forms small or large flocks.
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
1996-11-21
Global Status Last Changed
1996-11-21
Other Status
LC - Least concern
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
H - >2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles) - H - BREEDING: Eurasia, from Iceland to the Commander and Kurile islands. NON-BREEDING: south to northern Africa, India, southeastern Asia, Phillipines, and rarely western Micronesia, Hawaiian Islands, coastal North America, and inland lakes (Sibley and Monroe 1990). Regular visitor to western Alaska; rare visitor along North American east coast south to Maryland and the west coast to southern California (NGS 1987).
Global Range Code
H
Global Range Description
>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)