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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.

Hábitat: Coastal areas

Aspecto

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

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Datos interesantes

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!

Habilidades especiales

Habilidad

Super Deep Diver

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.

Habilidad

Cold Water Wonder

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.

Habilidad

Underwater Flyer

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

Medidas y detalles

Longitud
40-60 cm
Envergadura
70-80 cm
Peso
0.5-1 kg
Esperanza de vida
10-20 años
Top Speed
70 km/h
Tamaño de la puesta
6-8
Incubación
26-29 días
Distancia de migración
3000 km

Dieta y alimentación

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

Diferencias por edad: Young ducklings eat mostly insects; adults switch to marine invertebrates and fish.

Alimentos principales

  • mollusks
  • crustaceans
  • small fish
  • aquatic insects

Método de búsqueda

  • Pursuit

Conexiones ecológicas

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

Rasgos

También conocido como

Oldsquaw

Colecciones

Seguridad

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Always watch birds from a distance and do not try to touch or chase them.

Preguntas frecuentes

¿Cuál es el longitud de Long-tailed Duck?

40-60 cm

¿Cuál es el envergadura de Long-tailed Duck?

70-80 cm

¿Cuál es el peso de Long-tailed Duck?

0.5-1 kg

¿Cuál es el esperanza de vida de Long-tailed Duck?

10-20 años

¿Cuál es el top Speed de Long-tailed Duck?

70 km/h

¿Qué come Long-tailed Duck?

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

¿Dónde se encuentra normalmente Long-tailed Duck?

Coastal areas

¿Cómo caza Long-tailed Duck?

Pursuit

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