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Tufted Duck

Aythya fuligula

Tufted Duck
© Per Bernhard Brohammer

Troldand er en fugl i familien egentlige andefugle. Den er 40-47 cm med et vingefang på 67-73 cm.

Field marks

Small, compact . The drake black with cleanly set-off white flanks, a yellow eye, a blue-grey bill and a thin drooping nape crest; the female dark brown with paler flanks.

Can be confused with

  • Greater Scaup — Greater Scaup lacks the crest entirely and the drake shows a grey — not black — back; the female Scaup’s white face patch is large and clean where the female Tufted’s is at most a hint.

Voice

The female gives a harsh growling "karr", mostly in flight; the drake is silent outside display, when he whistles a soft "wit-oo".

Facts

Wingspan

71 cm

Conservation status

ikke truet

Family

ducks, geese and swans

Anatidae

Read more

This is a short overview for the quiz. For the full account, go to the sources:

  • Danmarks Fugle at the Danish Ornithological Society (in Danish)
  • Wikipedia (in Danish)The description above is from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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