Ducks, Geese and Swans (Anatidae)
Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) - HBW 1, p. 622
French: Harelde boréale
German: Eisente
Spanish: Pato Havelda
Other common names: Oldsquaw
Taxonomy: Anas hyemalis Linnaeus, 1758, Arctic Europe and America.
Monotypic.
Distribution: Circumpolar, on Arctic coasts.
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A pair calling and the male displaying on the water. Locality Barrow, Alaska, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 3 June 2012 43 weeks ago 26 sec 4.8 -
An adult male swimming and diving (then 50% speed). Locality Habomai Port, Nemuro Peninsula, Hokkaido, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 6 February 2010 2 years ago 26 sec 4.7 -
A pair diving several times. Locality Barrow, Alaska, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 3 June 2012 43 weeks ago 34 sec 4.6 -
A male flapping the wings and resting close to the female, on the water. Locality Barrow, Alaska, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 3 June 2012 43 weeks ago 24 sec 4.5 -
A female bathing. Locality Habomai Port, Nemuro Peninsula, Hokkaido, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 6 February 2010 2 years ago 23 sec 4.4 -
A female showing agressive behaviour to several Red Phalarops and to the male. Locality Barrow, Alaska, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 3 June 2012 43 weeks ago 33 sec 4.3
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Male eclips
Locality Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen
Paul Cools 5 July 2011 29 weeks ago 4.6 -
Adult male in breeding plumage
Locality Lake Myvatn, Mývatn-Laxá Nature Conservation Area, Norðurland eystra (Northeast) Region, Iceland
Marco Valentini 12 June 2012 43 weeks ago 4.6 -
Winter male
Locality Sopot, Pomeranian Province, Poland
Tomas Grim 20 January 2013 15 weeks ago 4.4 -
Part a pair on a glacial small lake at about 500 m altitude
Locality Bíldudalur, Westfjords Region, Iceland
Marco Valentini 9 June 2012 43 weeks ago 4.3 -
part of a pair in a small glacial pond
Locality Bíldudalur, Westfjords Region, Iceland
Marco Valentini 9 June 2012 43 weeks ago 4.3 -
Pair foraging on Wellington Harbour
Locality Wellington, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
Ian Barker 1 January 2013 19 weeks ago 4.2
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A pair calling, the male chasing the female Locality Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Eastern Russia, Russia
(Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 3 July 2010 2 years ago 4.5 -
Song by a male and calls by a female during display on the water. Locality Barrow, Alaska, USA (United States)
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 3 June 2012 43 weeks ago 4 -
A drake calling Locality London Wetland Centre, London, England, Great Britain
Stuart Fisher 13 February 2010 3 years ago 4 -
Call of a drake Locality London Wetland Centre, London, England, Great Britain
Stuart Fisher 15 March 2005 3 years ago 2
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