It is sexual dimorphic and males are typically larger than females. In breeding males, colour is glossy black, crest prominent and flanks white. Duller immature males with flanks in greyish and crest is less pronounced. Dusky brown females with flanks being paler; scaup-like white face patch in some females. Usually tufted nape and squarer head is also seen. Yellow iris in females which in female Common, and Baer’s Pochard and Ferruginous Duck is dark.
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🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Summary
Bird group
Ducks, geese, swans
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Reproduction
They are iteroparous, seasonal breeder, dioecious (sexes separate), reproduce sexually and oviparous. Mating system of Tufted ducks is monogamous and they breeds once a year. Adults form pair bonds during spring migration and mates remain together until late June to early July. Their reproductive behavior and mannerisms are similar to other diving ducks like "showing off" behavior include dipping i.e when the males and females swim alongside one another and dip their bills in and out of the water and another behaviour like neck stretch. Male-only displays are few and that consist of nod swimming, a head throw and preening behind the wing. Female search for suitable nesting site generally in flooded areas while males stay alert for predators and other threats. Ideal nesting areas are near water, generally amid dense vegetation. The female build the nest which requires almost a week to complete and for the nest. Female lay between 6 and 14 eggs a season, but on average between 8 and 10. Incubation period is 26 to 27 days. Average time to hatching is 26 to 27 days and fledging occurs 49 to 56 days after hatching and independence occurs 21 to 56 days after fledging.
Behaviour
They are natatorial, diurnal, motile, migratory, territorial, social, colonial.
Trophic Strategy
The species is omnivorous ( mainly feeds on molluscs, zebra mussels, crustaceans and aquatic insects as well as grain and the seeds and vegetative parts of aquatic plants).
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Habitat
Terrestrial
Marine
Freshwater
Often seen on open expanses in middle of beels and irrigation reservoirs.
For breeding period it prefer lowland regions and shows a more preference for eutrophic waters 3-5 m deep with open water, islands and abundant marginal and emergent vegetation. They are commonly found in large, freshwater lakes, ponds, reservoirs, gravel-pits and quiet stretches. During non-breeding period prefer large freshwater lakes, reservoirs and sheltered coastal locations such as brackish lagoons, brackish inland seas, tidal bays and estuaries although it avoids strong wave action and very exposed maritime conditions unless all inland freshwaters become frozen.
Description
Global Distribution
India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Distribution In India
Winter visitor to practically all India
Distribution In Assam
Migratory in Assam
Aythya fuligula is native to Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Chad, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guam, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Islamic Republic of, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea, Democratic People's Republic of, Korea, Republic of, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Micronesia, Federated States of , Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, Nigeria, Northern Mariana Islands, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Palestinian Territory, Occupied, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation (Central Asian Russia, Eastern Asian Russia, European Russia), Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Sudan, Spain (Canary Is.), Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Taiwan, Province of China, Tajikistan, Tanzania, United Republic of, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam, Western Sahara, Yemen. It is vagrant to Bermuda, Brunei Darussalam, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Congo, The Democratic Republic of the, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Gibraltar, Greenland, Malawi, Malta, Marshall Islands, Niger, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, Svalbard and Jan Mayen.
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📚 Occurrence
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📚 Demography and Conservation
Conservation Status
IUCN Red List Category
Least Concern
IUCN Redlist Status: Least Concern
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Threats
They are mainly threatened by habitat degradation due to oil pollution, drainage, peat-extraction and changing land management practices and agricultural intensification in breeding areas and as a result of disturbance from increased recreational use of inland waterbodies, machinery noise from urban development , hunting and predation it also suffers decreased reproductive success.
Protection Legal Status
Schedule IV
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📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
References
- Praveen J., Jayapal, R., & Pittie, A., 2016. Checklist of the birds of India (v1.1). Website: http://www.indianbirds.in/india/ [Date of publication: 03 October, 2016].
- Praveen J., Jayapal, R., & Pittie, A., 2018. Checklist of the birds of India (v2.0). Website: http://www.indianbirds.in/india/ [Date of publication: 31 January, 2018].
- BirdLife International. 2016. Aythya fuligula. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22680391A86013549. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22680391A86013549.en. Downloaded on 07 May 2018.
- Praveen, J. Jayapal, R. & Pittie. A. (2016). A checklist of the birds of India. Indian Birds.11: 113-170.
- Grimmett, R., Inskipp, C., &Inskipp, T. (2011) Birds of Indian Subcontinent, 2nd Edition,Oxford University Press, London. 480 pp.
- Azzi, M. and R. Garrison 2012. "Aythya fuligula" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed May 07, 2018 at http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Aythya_fuligula/
Information Listing > References
- Praveen J., Jayapal, R., & Pittie, A., 2016. Checklist of the birds of India (v1.1). Website: http://www.indianbirds.in/india/ [Date of publication: 03 October, 2016].
- Praveen J., Jayapal, R., & Pittie, A., 2018. Checklist of the birds of India (v2.0). Website: http://www.indianbirds.in/india/ [Date of publication: 31 January, 2018].
- BirdLife International. 2016. Aythya fuligula. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22680391A86013549. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22680391A86013549.en. Downloaded on 07 May 2018.
- Praveen, J. Jayapal, R. & Pittie. A. (2016). A checklist of the birds of India. Indian Birds.11: 113-170.
- Grimmett, R., Inskipp, C., &Inskipp, T. (2011) Birds of Indian Subcontinent, 2nd Edition,Oxford University Press, London. 480 pp.
- Azzi, M. and R. Garrison 2012. "Aythya fuligula" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed May 07, 2018 at http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Aythya_fuligula/
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Aves |
| Order | Anseriformes |
| Family | Anatidae |
| Genus | Aythya |
| Species | Aythya fuligula (Linnaeus 1758) |
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