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Tufted Duck 09 05 2025 02🦆

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SpeciesAnseriformesAnatidae
Birds

🦆Tufted Duck

Aythya fuligula (Linnaeus, 1758)

The tufted duck is a small diving duck with a population of nearly one million birds, found in northern Eurasia. They are partially migratory. The scientific name is derived from Ancient Greek aithuia, an unidentified seabird mentioned by authors such as Hesychius and Aristotle, and Latin fuligo 'soot' and gula 'throat'. It is a game bird.

Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2025.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
0.7 kg
Body length
not recorded
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
45 years
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Tufted Duck

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
0.7 kg
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

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  • 0.7 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Tail length
0.05 m
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Wing length
0.2 m
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Beak length
0.04 m
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Tarsus length
0.03 m
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Maximum lifespan
45 years
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data quality: acceptable

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Trophic level
Omnivore
AVONET
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Habitat
Wetland
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Lifestyle
Aquatic
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Volume l
0.7 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Tufted Duck yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classAves
  4. ›orderAnseriformes
  5. ›familyAnatidae
  6. ›genusAythya
  7. ›speciesAythya fuligula
Full lineage
  1. classBirds · Aves
  2. superorderGalloanserae
  3. orderDucks, geese & swans · Anseriformes
  4. familyAnatidae
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. orderSauria
  9. classBirds · Aves
  10. superorderGalloanserae
  11. orderDucks, geese & swans · Anseriformes
  12. familyAnatidae
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Closest relative on this site
🦆 Common Pochard — last shared an ancestor ≈ 1.6 million years ago.
In other languages
vigg (sv), Zarro-negrinha (pt), Reiherente (de), Aythya fuligula (it), Kuifeend (nl), morell de plomall (ca) … and 26 more languages
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