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Common Name

Tufted Duck

Alternate Names

Common Type

Duck

Order

Anseriformes

Family

Anatidae

Genus

Aythya

Species

fuligula

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

Iraq

Number of Sub-Species

0

Migratory or Resident

Migratory

Preferred Habitat

Freshwater marshes and lakes and along coastal lagoons, shorline and sheltered ponds.

Distribution and Range

Throughout temperate and northern Eurasia, occasional visitor to the US and Canada and winter in Europe and southern Asia.

Food

They eat molluscs and aquatic insects along with some plants.

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