Ferruginous Duck
Aythya nyroca - Fuligule nyroca
Systematics
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Order:
Anseriformes
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Family:
Anatidés
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Genus:
Aythya
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Species:
nyroca
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 42 cm
- Wingspan: 63 à 67 cm.
- Weight: 650 à 800 g
Longevity
8 years
Geographic range
Description identification
Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca) is a species of bird in the Anatidae family.
Subspecific information monotypic species
Foreign names
- Fuligule nyroca,
- Porrón pardo,
- perra,
- Moorente,
- cigányréce,
- Witoogeend,
- Moretta tabaccata,
- vitögd dykand,
- Hvitøyeand,
- chochlačka bielooká,
- polák malý,
- Hvidøjet And,
- ruskosotka,
- morell xocolater,
- Jarpönd,
- podgorzałka (zwyczajna),
- baltacis,
- kostanjevka,
- Белоглазый нырок,
- メジロガモ,
- 白眼潜鸭,
- เป็ดดำหัวสีน้ำตาล,
- 白眼潛鴨,
Habitat
Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha) ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes, Coastal Freshwater Lakes ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Water Storage Areas (over 8ha), Aquaculture Ponds, Wastewater Treatment Areas
Sources of information
- Canards, cygnes et oies d'Europe, d'Asie et d'Amérique du Nord, Reeber Sébastien
- Guide des canards, des oies et des cygnes, Steve Madge
- Les palmipèdes d'Europe, Géroudet P., MAJ M. Cuisin
- Wildfowl: An identification guide to the ducks geese and swans of the world, Madge, S and Burn, H
- Avibase, Lepage Denis
- Birds of the World, The Cornell Lab of Ornithology
- xeno-canto, Sharing bird sounds from around the world,
- IOC World Bird List (v12.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2022.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Coliiformes
- Columbiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Strigiformes
- Struthioniformes
- Suliformes
- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes