Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula) Science Article 2 abstract Diving behaviour and heart rate were monitored in tufted ducks diving under circumstances which simulated various environmental conditions such as feeding under ice in winter R. STEPHENSON et al., J. exp. Biol. 126, 341-359 (1986) Download article download full text (pdf)
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Food intake rates and habitat segregation of Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula and Scaup Aythya marila exploiting Zebra Mussels Dreissena polymorpha.
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula) Science Article 1 abstract The foraging skills of Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula and Scaup Aythya marila feeding on Zebra Mussels Dreissena polymorpha were studied in experiments under semi-natural diving conditions with relevance to the IJsselmeer/Markermeer area (large lakes in the centre of The Netherlands, former Zuiderzee area), the major freshwater wintering […]
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
[order] ANSERIFORMES | [family] Anatidae | [latin] Aythya fuligula | [authority] Linnaeus, 1758 | [UK] Tufted Duck | [FR] Fuligule morillon | [DE] Reiherente | [ES] Porron Monudo | [NL] Kuifeend Subspecies Genus Species subspecies Region Range Aythya fuligula EU widespread Genus Aythya is a genus of diving ducks. It has twelve described species. Aythya […]