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Tufted Duck

(Aythya fuligula)
German name(s): "Reiherente"
Size: 40-47 cm; wing span 65-72 cm
Weight: 350-1000 g

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Description     Classification     Distribution     Sightings     Photos     Breeding     Nest     Eggs     Behaviour     Food     Call/s

Physical description

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Taxonomy, classification

See Tufted Duck at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat, finding this species

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Sightings

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Photos

ADULT

MALE

BREEDING

Lateral view of a male Tufted Duck in breeding plumage (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Skjervoy, near Tromso, Norway, June 2018]

Lateral view of two male Tufted Ducks in breeding plumage (photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[River Bug, near Brok, Masovia, Poland, April 2017]

Lateral view of a male Tufted Duck in breeding plumage (photo courtesy of H. Dahlem-Senger)
[River Rhine, between Walluf and Schierstein, Hessen, Germany, April 2019]

Near-dorsal view of a male Tufted Duck in breeding plumage (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Skjervoy, near Tromso, Norway, June 2018]

Near-dorsal view of a male Tufted Duck in breeding plumage (photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Tejo estuary, Portugal, March 2016]

NON-BREEDING

Lateral view of a preening male Tufted Duck in non-breeding plumage (photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Lagoa de Albufeira, near Sesimbra, Setubal, Portugal, January 2020]

FEMALE

BREEDING

Near-frontal view of a female Tufted Duck, left, with two males in plumage (photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[River Bug, near Brok, Masovia, Poland, April 2017]

Near-lateral view of a female Tufted Duck, left, with two males in breeding plumage (photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[River Bug, near Brok, Masovia, Poland, April 2017]

NON-BREEDING

Near-lateral view of a female Tufted Duck in non-breeding plumage (photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Lagoa de Albufeira, near Sesimbra, Setubal, Portugal, January 2020]

Lateral view of a female Tufted Duck in non-breeding plumage (photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Lagoa de Albufeira, near Sesimbra, Setubal, Portugal, January 2020]

Lateral view of a female Tufted Duck in non-breeding plumage (photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Lagoa de Albufeira, near Sesimbra, Setubal, Portugal, January 2020]

Lateral view of a female Tufted Duck in non-breeding plumage (photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Lagoa de Albufeira, near Sesimbra, Setubal, Portugal, January 2020]

Lateral view of a female Tufted Duck in non-breeding plumage (photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Lagoa de Albufeira, near Sesimbra, Setubal, Portugal, January 2020]

Lateral view of a resting female Tufted Duck in non-breeding plumage (photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Lagoa de Albufeira, near Sesimbra, Setubal, Portugal, January 2020]

Lateral view of two female Tufted Ducks in non-breeding plumage (photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Lagoa de Albufeira, near Sesimbra, Setubal, Portugal, January 2020]

PAIR

BREEDING

Frontal view of a pair of Tufted Ducks - female on the right, male in breeding plumage on the left; note the hint of white around the base of the female's bill (photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[River Bug, near Brok, Masovia, Poland, April 2017]

Lateral view of a male Tufted Duck in breeding plumage (note the long nuchal plume) with two females
(photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[River Bug, near Brok, Masovia, Poland, April 2017]

Dorsal view of a pair of Tufted Ducks; male in breeding plumage with female, right, with kelp on its back
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Skjervoy, near Tromso, Norway, June 2018]

Three male Tufted Ducks in breeding plumage with one female (photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[River Bug, near Brok, Masovia, Poland, April 2017]

Male Tufted Ducks in breeding plumage with females (photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[River Bug, near Brok, Masovia, Poland, April 2017]

Male Tufted Ducks in breeding plumage with females (photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[River Bug, near Brok, Masovia, Poland, April 2017]

Tufted Ducks in breeding plumage together with a Great Crested Grebe (photo courtesy of M. Thomas)
[Friedrichshafen, Lake Constance, Germany, April 2019]

NON-BREEDING

Lateral view of a pair of Tufted Ducks in non-breeding plumage, female in front
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Lagoa de Albufeira, near Sesimbra, Setubal, Portugal, January 2020]

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