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Aythya fuligula

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Tufted Duck

G5Secure Found in 5 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

G5SecureGlobal Rank

Least concernIUCN

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.100325

Element CodeABNJB11050

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVertebrate Animal

IUCNLeast concern

Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

KingdomAnimalia

PhylumCraniata

ClassAves

OrderAnseriformes

FamilyAnatidae

GenusAythya

Other Common Names

Fuligule morillon (FR)

Concept Reference

American Ornithologists' Union (AOU). 1998. Check-list of North American birds. Seventh edition. American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C. [as modified by subsequent supplements and corrections published in The Auk]. Also available online: http://www.aou.org/.

Conservation Status

Rank MethodExpertise without calculation

Review Date2016-04-06

Change Date1996-11-21

Range Extent>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)

Range Extent Comments

BREEDING: Eurasia, from Iceland to the Commander and Kurile islands. NON-BREEDING: south to northern Africa, India, southeastern Asia, Phillipines, and rarely western Micronesia, Hawaiian Islands, coastal North America, and inland lakes (Sibley and Monroe 1990). Regular visitor to western Alaska; rare visitor along North American east coast south to Maryland and the west coast to southern California (NGS 1987).

Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Marshes, ponds, lakes, swamps, especially with emergent vegetation; in migration also rivers and brackish coastal areas (Sibley and Monroe 1990). Nests on islands in lakes or on banks of small pools; nest is hidden in reeds or under bushes close to water or in tuft of grass on slope (Terres 1980).

Ecology

Nonbreeding: forms small or large flocks.

Reproduction

Lays eggs in May-June; clutch size usually is 8-10; incubation, by female, lasts 23-28 days; young fly at about 45-50 days; nests singly or in small "colonies" (Terres 1980).

Palustrine Habitats

HERBACEOUS WETLANDSCRUB-SHRUB WETLANDFORESTED WETLANDRiparian

Other Nations (1)

United StatesNNA

Province	Rank	Native
Vermont	SNA	Yes
Michigan	SNRN	Yes
Washington	SNA	Yes
Alaska	S3N	Yes

Roadless Areas (5)

Alaska (5)

Area	Forest	Acres
Johnson Pass	Chugach National Forest	152,508
Kenai Lake	Chugach National Forest	213,172
Kenai Mountains	Chugach National Forest	306,600
Resurrection	Chugach National Forest	224,615
Roaded Donut	Chugach National Forest	968

References (11)

American Ornithologists' Union (AOU). 1998. Check-list of North American birds. Seventh edition. American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C. [as modified by subsequent supplements and corrections published in <i>The Auk</i>]. Also available online: http://www.aou.org/.
Eadie, J. M., L.-P. L. Savard, and M. L. Mallory. 2000 Barrow's Goldeneye (BUCEPHALA ISLANDICA). No. 548 IN A. Poole and F. Gill, editors, The birds of North America. The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. 32pp.
Grand, J.B., and P.L. Flint. 1997. Productivity of nesting Spectacled Eiders on the lower Kashunuk River, Alaska. Condor 100:926-932.
National Geographic Society (NGS). 1987. Field guide to the birds of North America. Second edition. National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C.
Reed, A. 1975. Migration, homing, and mortality of breeding female eiders SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA DRESSERI of the St. Lawrence estuary, Quebec. Ornis Scand. 6:41-47.
Sibley, C.G., and B.L. Monroe, Jr. 1990. Distribution and Taxonomy of Birds of the World. Yale University Press, New Haven, CT. xxiv + 1111 pp.
Sibley, D. A. 2000a. The Sibley guide to birds. Alfred A. Knopf, New York.
Swennen, C. 1990. Dispersal and migratory movements of eiders SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA breeding in the Netherlands. Ornis Scand. 21:17-27.
Terres, J. K. 1980. The Audubon Society encyclopedia of North American birds. Alfred A. Knopf, New York.
van de Wetering, D. 1997. Moult characteristics and habitat selection of post-breeding male Barrow's Goldeneye (BUCEPHALA ISLANDICA) in northern Yukon. Technical Report Series No. 296, Canadian Wildlife Service, Quebec Region.
Wakeley, J. S., and H. L. Mendall. 1976. Migrational homing and survival of adult female eiders in Maine. Journal of Wildlife Management 40:15-21.