Tufted Duck, 3/28/2012

This was also not in my plan. I was intended to photograph a Chinese Pond Heron, but found I was misinformed. When I arrived at the site, I ran into this Tufted Duck instead of Chinese Pond Heron. The duck always kept itself in a distance, testing the limit of my compact digital camera, not a SLR camera. If the photos hurt your eye, I appologize. Tufted Duck is Winter migratory bird and is partly common in Taiwan. It comes from either North Asia or Sakhalin. Male bird is mainly black and white and has long slim crown during breeding season. Female look like male, but it has a brown tone.

Chinese name:	澤鳧
English name:	Tufted Duck
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Scientific name:	Aythya fuligula
Order:	Anseriformes
Family:	Anatidae
Species status:	Species
Conservation status:	Least Concern
Migration status:	Winter migratory bird in Taiwan
Frequency of appearance:	Common in some places of Taiwan
Foods:	Worms, lizards, insects
Habitat:	Wetlands, water area
Altitude:	Low altitude
Behavior:	Appear in flocks
Characteristics:	General Characteristics: Long neck, thick short feet, webs between toes. Male bird is mainly black and white, with white belly and side-body. The other parts are light to dark black. There is long slim crown during breeding season. Female bird looks like male, but has a brown tone.
Breeding places:	North Asia, Sakhalin, North Europe, England and Iceland.
Migration destinations:	Wintering in Central and South Eurasia, Japan, Philippine, Northeast and Northwest Africa, Mariana Islands and Palau Islands in South Pacific.
Time photographed:	2012/3/28
Location found:	Xindian District, New Taipei City
Sources:	Internet
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