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Tufted duck
Aythya fuligula
46.2122, 6.16539
Field Notes
Description:
This is a small diving duck, of some 40 to 45cm in length. Breeding male dark brown back, neck, chest and head; with white or whitish belly and flanks. Non-breeding male and females somewhat paler brown bellies and flanks. Breeding male also sports a longer brown crest, which is barely a tuft in other plumages.
Habitat:
Here seen in Geneva harbor, on lake Leman, end of the winter.
Reference Links:
Tufted duck - Wikipedia
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PublishedDecember 20, 2017
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