Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
A beautiful sea duck, breeding in the tundra and wintering along the northern coastlines of the Atlantic. Feeds on mollusks, crustaceans and some small fishes.
- 🇫🇷 Harelde kakawi
- 🇩🇪 Eisente
- 🇲🇽 Pato havelda
Characteristics
- Length: 46-51cm
- Weight: 0.45-0.9kg
- Wingspan: 68-76cm
How to Identify
Male display a distinctive white and black pattern and have a long tail. Beak is black with an orange ring around in the middle. Females have a brownish body and gray head with dark gray patches. The beak of a female is black.
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Where and When to Spot
Observed in large flocks in the St. Lawrence river during migration.