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  2. Duck - Wikipedia

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    Ducks eat food sources such as grasses, aquatic plants, fish, insects, small amphibians, worms, and small molluscs. Dabbling ducks feed on the surface of water or on land, or as deep as they can reach by up-ending without completely submerging. [24] Along the edge of the bill, there is a comb-like structure called a pecten. This strains the ...

  3. Diurnality - Wikipedia

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    Steppe eagles are diurnal, and hunt during the day. Humans are diurnal, and organize their work and business mainly in the day. [a] Diurnality is a form of plant and animal behavior characterized by activity during daytime, with a period of sleeping or other inactivity at night. The common adjective used for daytime activity is "diurnal". The ...

  4. List of nocturnal birds - Wikipedia

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    Crepuscular, a classification of animals that are active primarily during twilight, making them similar to nocturnal animals. Diurnality, plant or animal behavior characterized by activity during the day and sleeping at night. Cathemeral, a classification of organisms with sporadic and random intervals of activity during the day or night.

  5. Eurasian teal - Wikipedia

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    The Eurasian teal (Anas crecca), common teal, or Eurasian green-winged teal is a common and widespread duck that breeds in temperate Eurosiberia and migrates south in winter. [2] The Eurasian teal is often called simply the teal due to being the only one of these small dabbling ducks in much of its range. [3]

  6. Black-bellied whistling duck - Wikipedia

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    Black-bellied whistling ducks ingest a wide variety of plant material (including corn, rice, millets, several types of weeds, and other grasses), [17] but also consume arthropods (such as insects and spiders), [17] aquatic invertebrates (such as snails and other molluscs) and tadpoles [17] when available. They often feed on submerged vegetation ...

  7. Pink-headed duck - Wikipedia

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    The pink-headed duck (Rhodonessa caryophyllacea) is a large diving duck that was once found in parts of the Gangetic plains of India, Nepal, parts of Maharashtra, Bangladesh and in the riverine swamps of Myanmar but has been feared extinct since the 1950s. Numerous searches have failed to provide any proof of continued existence.

  8. Wood duck - Wikipedia

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    Wood duck nests are over water to brace the fall when the chicks jump they can jump from as high as 50 feet. [18] The mother calls them to her and guides them to water. [17] The ducklings can swim and find their own food by this time. Wood ducks prefer nesting over water so the young have a soft landing.

  9. Mandarin duck - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 December 2024. Species of bird Mandarin duck Temporal range: Pleistocene – Present, 0.8 – 0 Mya Pre๊ž’ ๊ž’ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Male and female mandarin ducks at Martin Mere, UK Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum ...