Long-tailed duck

Long-tailed duck
Non-breeding male
Female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Genus: Clangula
Leach, 1819
Species:
C. hyemalis
Binomial name
Clangula hyemalis
Synonyms
  • Anas hyemalis Linnaeus, 1758
  • Anas glacialis Linnaeus, 1766
  • Harelda hyemalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Breeding male, Norway

The long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis) is a medium-sized sea duck that breeds in the tundra and taiga regions of the arctic and winters along the northern coastlines of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. It is the only member of the genus Clangula.

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