Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Ducks, Geese and Swans :: Tufted Duck

Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula

Described by: Linnaeus (1758)
Alternate common name(s): Tufted Pochard
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Kasai Rinkan Koen, Tokyo, Japan - Mar 24, 2005 © William Hull  Kasai Rinkan Koen, Tokyo, Japan - Mar 24, 2005 © William Hull  Chiba Prefecture, Japan - Nov 15, 2003 © William Hull  Kasai Rinkan Koen, Tokyo, Japan - Mar 24, 2005 © William Hull  Kasai Rinkan Koen, Tokyo, Japan - Mar 8, 2003 © William Hull 
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Range

Palearctic;
Iceland, Faroe Is., British Isles (St. James Park in London), probably Bear Is., s. of ca. 50°N from Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Finland), Baltic State (Estonia), Denmark, Poland, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and Czech Republic, e. across n. and c. Russia to ne. Siberia, Kamchatka, Kuril Is., Japan (Hokkaido) and Commander Is., then s. to France, Switzerland, Yugoslavia, Romania, Transcaucasus, Kirghiz steppes, Lake Baikal, nw. Mongolia, ne. China, se. Siberia (Kamchatka and Sakhalin Is.) and n. Japan (Hokkaido). Sporadically or formerly further s.
Winters s. in Mediterranean Basin (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Egypt in the lower Nile Valley), Turkey, Black Sea, Iraq, Iran, Caspian Sea to n. Africa (Egypt), and s. of the Sahara in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, n. Ivory Coast, n. Ghana, n. Togo, n. Benin, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, n. Nigeria to Lake Chad. Sudan, Ethiopia, w. Somalia, ne. Uganda, and Kenya on Lake Turkana and other lakes at medium to high elevations in c. and w. Kenyan highlands, Persian Gulf to Oman, and s. Asia in Pakistan (Khinjar Lake, Thatta district, lower Sind), Nepal, Sikkim, n. India (e. to Manipur and s. to Karnataka), se. China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan (Cheng Ching Lake, Kaohsiung), Burma, nw. and c. Thailand, Vietnam and Philippines. Occasionally reaches w. Micronesia (Palau, Yap, and the Marianas). Occurs annually in the United States (Aleutians s. to California, New England, New York, California). Vagrant n. to Svalbard, Greenland, Azores, Madeira, Cape Verde Is., Sierra Leone, Malawi, Tanzania, Sri Lanka, Borneo and Pacific islands including the Marshall Is. and Hawaiian Is.

Videos

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Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: ETI BioInformatics

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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