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The tufted duck (or tufted pochard) (Aythya fuligula) ... The adult male is all black except for white flanks and a blue-grey bill with gold-yellow eyes, along with a ...
They are typically grey or white, often with black markings on the head or wings. They have stout, longish bills and webbed feet. Terns are a group of generally medium to large seabirds typically with grey or white plumage, often with black markings on the head. Most terns hunt fish by diving but some pick insects off the surface of fresh water.
A tufted duck in flight showing the white wingbar The species are plump, compact, medium-sized ducks ranging from 37–61 cm long, 60–84 cm wingspan, and weighing 410–1600 g, with canvasback the largest, and ring-necked duck and ferruginous duck marginally the smallest.
The family Anatidae includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swans. These birds are adapted to an aquatic existence with webbed feet, bills which are flattened to a greater or lesser extent, and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to special oils. Black-bellied whistling-duck, Dendrocygna autumnalis
Tufted duck, Aythya fuligula (R) Greater scaup, Aythya marila; Lesser scaup, Aythya affinis; King eider, Somateria spectabilis (R) Common eider, Somateria mollissima (RI) Harlequin duck, Histrionicus histrionicus (R) Surf scoter, Melanitta perspicillata; White-winged scoter, Melanitta deglandi (RI) Black scoter, Melanitta americana (RI)
Alcids are superficially similar to penguins due to their black-and-white colors, their upright posture, and some of their habits. However, they are only distantly related to the penguins and are able to fly. Auks live on the open sea, only deliberately coming ashore to nest. Tufted puffin. Common murre, Uria aalge; Thick-billed murre, Uria ...
Black-necked swan Black-bellied whistling-duck. Order: Anseriformes Family: Anatidae. Anatidae includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swans. These birds are adapted to an aquatic existence with webbed feet, flattened bills, and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to an oily coating.
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Africa.The area covered by this list is the Africa region defined by the American Birding Association's listing rules. [1] In addition to the continent itself, the area includes Madagascar, Mauritius, Rodrigues, Seychelles, Cape Verde, the Comoro Islands, Zanzibar and the Canary Islands, São Tomé and Príncipe and Annobón in the Gulf of Guinea.