Tufted duck Aythya fuligula
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Length: 12 inches
Small, compact diving duck
Rounded crown
Yellow eyes
Blue bill with black nail at tip ...
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Tufted Ducks are divers and can dive to a depth of 14 metres in search of its wide variety of animal and vegetable food.
Tufted Duck
Relatives in same Genus
Lesser Scaup (A. affinis)
Redhead (A. americana)
Ring-necked Duck (A. collaris)
Greater Scaup (A. marila)
Canvasback (A. valisineria) ...
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
No photo of the Tufted Duck available.
The Tufted Duck is from the order Anseriformes. Anseriformes are birds, with over 150 species belonging to this order.
Tufted Duck: Medium-sized diving duck with long black crest and dull black back and tail. Underparts and sides are bright white. Head, neck and breast are black with a purple sheen.
Tufted Duck Behaviour
No observations regarding Tufted Duck behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Interesting Facts about Tufted Ducks ...
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula - Eclipse male in flight
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The tufted duck is a medium-sized diving duck, smaller than a mallard. It is black on the head, neck, breast and back and white on the sides. It has a small crest and a yellow eye.
Tufted Ducks
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Tufted Duck
Back to the pochards, or diving ducks. This one is a regular "visitor" to the west coast.
The Tufted Duck of Europe, Fuligula cristata, is very intimately allied to this species.
Tufted Duck* Aythya fuligula: Cold Spring Harbor, NY, 07 Jan
Greater Scaup Aythya marila: Upper Newport Bay Ecological Reserve, Newport Beach, CA, 01 Jan
Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis: Lake Perris State Recreation Area, Perris, CA, 03 Jan ...
Hybrid ducks of the genus Aythya, including birds which are a mixture of Tufted Duck, Greater Scaup, Pochard, Ferruginous Duck and Ring-necked Duck ...
The most similar species is the Tufted Duck, which rarely occurs in the continental United States. The Tufted Duck has a crest or tuft of feathers on its head, and a much less noticeable white ring on the bill.
Tufted duck (Aythya fuligula)
Persian sturgeon (Acipenser persicus)
Réunion harrier (Circus maillardi)
Masked finfoot (Heliopais personatus)
Betic midwife toad (Alytes dickhilleni)
Central American river turtle (Dermatemys mawii) ...
 See also: Duck, Scaup, Wigeon, Goldeneye, Common Goldeneye
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