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Long-tailed Duck

Clangula hyemalis

The Long-tailed Duck is a beautiful bird known for its long, flowing tail and colorful feathers. These ducks love to swim in cold waters and dive deep to find tasty food like fish and shellfish.

Lebensraum: Coastal areas

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The Long-tailed Duck has a unique appearance with its striking white, black, and brown plumage, which changes throughout the year. Males boast an exceptionally long, pointed tail streamer, distinguishing them from other ducks. Their white flanks, dark back, and contrasting cheek patches are also very distinctive.

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Long-tailed Duck

Kategorie

Vögel

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Long-tailed Ducks change their feather colors three times a year, more than most birds!

Male Long-tailed Ducks have tail feathers that can grow almost as long as their body!

Their loud, yodeling call can be heard for over a mile across the water!

They spend more time diving underwater than they do resting on the surface!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Long-tailed Duck can dive deeper than most ducks because of their dense bones and strong muscles, that helps them hunt for food far underwater.

Long-tailed Duck can survive freezing waters because of their thick layers of down feathers and fat, that helps them stay warm in icy environments.

Long-tailed Duck can 'fly' underwater because of their powerful wings, that helps them chase agile prey with incredible speed and agility.

Maße und Details

Länge: 40-60 cm
Flügelspannweite: 70-80 cm
Gewicht: 0.5-1 kg
Lebenserwartung: 10-20 Jahre
Top Speed: 70 km/h
Gelegegröße: 6-8
Brutzeit: 26-29 Tage
Zugstrecke: 3000 km

Ernährung und Fütterung

These expert divers mostly eat small marine animals found deep underwater.

Altersunterschiede: Young ducklings eat mostly insects; adults switch to marine invertebrates and fish.

Hauptnahrung

mollusks
crustaceans
small fish
aquatic insects

Nahrungssuche

Pursuit

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Arctic Fox

Vulpes lagopus

preys on eggs and ducklings

eaten by

Glaucous Gull

Larus hyperboreus

opportunistically eats eggs and young

hunts

Common Mussel

Mytilus edulis

a primary seabed food source

hunts

Three-spined Stickleback

Gasterosteus aculeatus

small fish preyed upon underwater

Merkmale

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