Fuligule tufted duck

Identification

It is a Canard from 40 to 47 cm length with a scale from 67 to 72 cm, heavy between 550 and 900 G. Thus a little smaller than a Fuligule pochard for example.

The male has a black plumage shining and of the white sides, as well as a fine crested black and falling down. The female is uniformly brown with crested the shorter. In flight, one recognizes them thanks to a white wing bar.

Surface of distribution

It meets in all the Europe and part of the west of the Asia. It is mainly a Migrateur, it spends the winter in north and is and spends the summer to Europe of the south and the west.

Habitat

The fuligule tufted duck attends interstitial waters as well as the broad rivers.

Behavior

It is a gregarious bird, which forms broad band in winter. He saw with others plunger ducks, in particular the fuligules pochard like with the Foulque S.

Food mode

It is nourished mainly while plunging insects, molluscs, tadpoles, small frogs, small fish, shellfish and of watery vegetation.

Reproduction

The female lays one brooded per annum from 8 to 11 eggs between March and May. The nest is on the ground, close to water hidden well. It is made grass, of snap ring and sleeping bag of the female.

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