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Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) is native to the Palearctic East and closely related to the Wood Duck, Aix sponsa, the only other generic member. Once widespread in east Asia, its has declined to about 1000 pairs each in Russia and China due to deforestation. Japan may have about 5000 pairs, […]
Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Harlequin duck (Histrionicus histrionicus) is a diving sea duck nesting and living near cold, fast moving streams along the northern Pacific and Atlantic coasts of North America, and eastern Russia. In eastern North America the they are declining and considered threatened by oil spills and hydroelectric projects. Today it is
Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Common Merganser, Mergus merganser is a diving sea duck whose habitat is forested rivers and lakes North America and Eurasia. They have serrated jaws that help grip their prey which consists mainly of fish, and crustaceans. They nest in tree cavities and for many, their range moves south in
Home Subjects Covers About Contact Common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) is a diving sea duck breeding in the taiga of North America and , and migrating southward for the winter. They nest in woodpecker holes but will use nest boxes. They feed mainly on crustaceans, mollusks and insects. Bucephala clangula COMMON GOLDENEYE *Revised gallery with new images
Menu Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Common Eider, (Somateria mollissima) is a diving sea duck breeding in the Arctic and some temperate area of North America and Eurasia. It winters south in large flocks. With the exception of the Muscovy Duck, it is the largest duck in North America. They have evolved cooperative breeding,
Menu Home Subjects Covers About Contact Cinnamon teal (Spatula cyanoptera) is a dabbling duck who recently underwent a generic reassignment from Anas. They breed in marshes and ponds in the western United States and southwest Canada and migrate to winter in South America and the Caribbean. They rarely show up in the east. One in this
Home Subjects Covers About Contact Canvasback (Aythya valisineria) is the largest diving duck in North America, where prairie potholes are its habitat. For the winter, they migrate south along the Mississippi and Pacific flyways to southern states and Mexico. The name valisneria refers to the scientific name of wild celery thought to be its favorite food,
Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors is a small dabbling duck that in 2009 had a generic reassignment so it is no longer Anas. It ranges over most of North America, living on marshes and ponds and in the prairies of the Dakotas and Canada, it is the most common duck.
Home Subjects Covers About Contact Buffleheads are small, diving sea ducks rivalling the Green-winged Teal as the smallest American duck. Their small size evolved to fit the nest holes of Flickers. They breed in Alaska and Canada in taiga or boreal forest habitat with wooded lakes and ponds. Most winter on the coasts or inland
Menu Home Subjects Covers About Contact Order Anseriformes (Waterfowl) Anatidae (Ducks, Geese & Swans) Dendrocygninae (Whistling Ducks) BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK (Dendrocygna autumnalis) FULVOUS WHISTLING DUCK (Dendrocygna bicolor) WHITE-FACED WHISTLING DUCK (Dendrocygna viduata) Whistling Ducks, so called because of the sound they make, are in the subfamily Dendrocygninae of Anatidae, which is the family of ducks,
