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Montgomery County, TN 3.29.2008. Northern Shovelers, two pair.
Anas clypeata Order ANSERIFORMES - Family ANATIDAE - Subfamily Anatinae
Kingdom=Animalia
Phylum=Chordata
Class=Aves
Order=Anseriformes
Family=Anatidae
Subfamily=Anatinae or Tadorninae
Genus=Chenonetta?
Species=jubata?
Binomial name=Chenonetta jubata?
Common name=Australian Wood Duck?
ORDEN: Anseriformes.
FAMILIA: Anatidae.
N. Comun: Pato jergon.
N. Cientifico: Anas georgica spinicauda.
N. Ingles: Yellow billed pintail.
Habitat: Atacama a Magallanes. Chile
Red-billed Teal 15 miles south of Ambositra, Madagascar, 131113. Anas erythrorhyncha. Anseriformes: Anatidae.
3.21.2008. Montgomery County, TN Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
Order ANSERIFORMES - Family ANATIDAE
AKA
Anatinae Harle Couronné (French)
Serreta capuchona (Spanish)
African Pygmy-goose
Nettapus auritus
Location: Moremi, Botswana
Date: 7th. August 2011
Distribution: avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=EC7...
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At the African Aviary in La Menagerie, Jardin des Plantes, Paris, France
Sweet whistling ducks kissing and cleaning each other :-)
For the Kenya crested guineafowl:
Captive (ISIS): 65 males, 44 females, 84 unknowns, 7 new births, 25 "Group"
Total: 225 individuals
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Genus: Aythya
Species: Aythya collaris
La Chua Trail, Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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Welcome to my Flickr 365 Project! I’m calling it my 365 Species Project, because for each day of the year, I will post a photo of a different species of organism... My goal was to accomplish all of this in 2013, but I soon found out that it was more daunting a task than I'd realized. Instead, my new goal is to get through 365 by the end of 2014, still an impressive average of a new species every other day for two years.
We're in the home stretch, now!!! It's December, which means I'm down to my last 31 days to get it all done in 2 years. Somewhat unfortunately, I'm getting slammed at the end of my first semester in graduate school, so the project has really dropped toward the bottom of the old priority list. Nonetheless, I'm going to do my best to get them all in under the wire. Excuse the massive posts!
Kuruwhengi drake with a kuaka (bar-tailed godwit) in the background.
On a very blustery day with a chill, gritty wind blowing off the sea and the dunes, the birds at Ashley Estuary were all crowding into the few spots at high tide where a few grasses or the shape of a bank gave bit of shelter. As a result quite a variety of birds were in one space. The waders (in this case kuaka/bar tailed godwit) standing in their hundreds in the shallow water themselves created a micro climate of shelter for the ducks!
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Shovelers are specialist filter-feeding waterfowl with a large spoon-shaped or shovel-shaped bill that is almost twice as broad at its tip than at its base and which is the bird’s most conspicuous feature. Fine lamellae extend along most of the edge of the upper mandible and it is by pushing water through this lamellae curtain that small plankton and fine seeds are extracted.
Kuruwhengi are sexually dimorphic. The males are highly coloured most of the year, when they have a blue-grey head and neck with a distinctive white crescentic band at the base of its large spatulate black bill. The breast is a mottled brown and white after breeding but becomes progressively pure white as the nuptial moult proceeds during May. Its chestnut flank is offset by a large white patch at the tail base. The eye is yellow and the legs bright orange. Females are uniformly mottled light brown with dull brown bill and eye, and brown-orange legs. In flight Australasian shovelers have a distinctive profile with a conspicuously large, indeed out of proportion, bill, sharp pointed wings and very rapid wingbeats. The blue, white and green patches on the upper wing contrast with the white underwing. Their flight, especially at takeoff, gives off a distinctive whirring soun. Shovelers are quiet ducks. Displaying or defensive drakes have a rapid, but low volume, train-like sound (chuff-chuff) call, and females sometimes quack. Kuruwhengi are widespread throughout the North and South Islands, rarely on Stewart Island, mainly on large freshwater wetlands (usually fairly coastal), but occasionally in sheltered estuaries. They also make seasonal use of dune lakes, temporary wetlands, drains and sewage ponds.
Shovelers perform spectacular communal courting and then pairs break off to find a secluded territory for nesting which occurs in October, which is later than for all other waterfowl. Males vigorously defend territory. Nests are usually situated in long grass near water. Clutches are of 5-13 (mean 10) white eggs and upon hatching the ducklings are raised solely by the female over about 8 weeks. Broods are rarely active or conspicuous during the day. (Source: NZ Birds Online)
Kuruwhengi drake with a kuaka (bar-tailed godwit) in the background.
On a very blustery day with a chill, gritty wind blowing off the sea and the dunes, the birds at Ashley Estuary were all crowding into the few spots at high tide where a few grasses or the shape of a bank gave bit of shelter. As a result quite a variety of birds were in one space. The waders (in this case kuaka/bar tailed godwit) standing in their hundreds in the shallow water themselves created a micro climate of shelter for the ducks!
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Shovelers are specialist filter-feeding waterfowl with a large spoon-shaped or shovel-shaped bill that is almost twice as broad at its tip than at its base and which is the bird’s most conspicuous feature. Fine lamellae extend along most of the edge of the upper mandible and it is by pushing water through this lamellae curtain that small plankton and fine seeds are extracted.
Kuruwhengi are sexually dimorphic. The males are highly coloured most of the year, when they have a blue-grey head and neck with a distinctive white crescentic band at the base of its large spatulate black bill. The breast is a mottled brown and white after breeding but becomes progressively pure white as the nuptial moult proceeds during May. Its chestnut flank is offset by a large white patch at the tail base. The eye is yellow and the legs bright orange. Females are uniformly mottled light brown with dull brown bill and eye, and brown-orange legs. In flight Australasian shovelers have a distinctive profile with a conspicuously large, indeed out of proportion, bill, sharp pointed wings and very rapid wingbeats. The blue, white and green patches on the upper wing contrast with the white underwing. Their flight, especially at takeoff, gives off a distinctive whirring soun. Shovelers are quiet ducks. Displaying or defensive drakes have a rapid, but low volume, train-like sound (chuff-chuff) call, and females sometimes quack. Kuruwhengi are widespread throughout the North and South Islands, rarely on Stewart Island, mainly on large freshwater wetlands (usually fairly coastal), but occasionally in sheltered estuaries. They also make seasonal use of dune lakes, temporary wetlands, drains and sewage ponds.
Shovelers perform spectacular communal courting and then pairs break off to find a secluded territory for nesting which occurs in October, which is later than for all other waterfowl. Males vigorously defend territory. Nests are usually situated in long grass near water. Clutches are of 5-13 (mean 10) white eggs and upon hatching the ducklings are raised solely by the female over about 8 weeks. Broods are rarely active or conspicuous during the day. (Source: NZ Birds Online)
The kuruwhengi is quite ahrd to photograph. It is a shy duck, for the most aprt, avoids popular city ponds in favour of quieter waterways. It's a striking duck with a huge bill that seems almost too big for the head. The male is especially colourful.
Taken at otukaikino reserve, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Shovelers are specialist filter-feeding waterfowl with a large spoon-shaped or shovel-shaped bill that is almost twice as broad at its tip than at its base and which is the bird’s most conspicuous feature. Fine lamellae extend along most of the edge of the upper mandible and it is by pushing water through this lamellae curtain that small plankton and fine seeds are extracted.
Kuruwhengi are sexually dimorphic. The males are highly coloured most of the year, when they have a blue-grey head and neck with a distinctive white crescentic band at the base of its large spatulate black bill. The breast is a mottled brown and white after breeding but becomes progressively pure white as the nuptial moult proceeds during May. Its chestnut flank is offset by a large white patch at the tail base. The eye is yellow and the legs bright orange. Females are uniformly mottled light brown with dull brown bill and eye, and brown-orange legs. In flight Australasian shovelers have a distinctive profile with a conspicuously large, indeed out of proportion, bill, sharp pointed wings and very rapid wingbeats. The blue, white and green patches on the upper wing contrast with the white underwing. Their flight, especially at takeoff, gives off a distinctive whirring soun. Shovelers are quiet ducks. Displaying or defensive drakes have a rapid, but low volume, train-like sound (chuff-chuff) call, and females sometimes quack. Kuruwhengi are widespread throughout the North and South Islands, rarely on Stewart Island, mainly on large freshwater wetlands (usually fairly coastal), but occasionally in sheltered estuaries. They also make seasonal use of dune lakes, temporary wetlands, drains and sewage ponds.
Shovelers perform spectacular communal courting and then pairs break off to find a secluded territory for nesting which occurs in October, which is later than for all other waterfowl. Males vigorously defend territory. Nests are usually situated in long grass near water. Clutches are of 5-13 (mean 10) white eggs and upon hatching the ducklings are raised solely by the female over about 8 weeks. Broods are rarely active or conspicuous during the day. (Source: NZ Birds Online)
Mute Swan, Order Anseriformes, Family Anatidae, Species Cygnus olor,..
A large, familiar bird, strikingly white and obvious even at great range, Mute Swan is generally quite tame, even semi-domesticated in its behaviour and choice of habitat.
Territorial pairs are aggressive, even to people or their dogs, using impressive displays of arched wings and loud, hissing calls.
In some floodplains, small groups regularly feed on dry land, a habit that is more consistent with the two " wild swans ", Bewick's and Whooper,
Voice - Strangled trumpeting and hissing notes,
Nesting - Huge pile of vegetation at water's edge; up to 8 eggs; 1 brood; March - June.
Feeding - Plucks vegetable matter from short grass in fields and salt marshes, pulls the same from shallow water, or upends in deeper water,..
Length 1.4 - 1.6m,
Wingspan - 2,08 - 2.38m,
Weight - 10 - 12kg,
Lifespan - 15 - 20 years,
Social - Small flocks,
Status - Secure,...
African Pygmy Goose at Bwabwata National Park, Namibia, 110418. Nettapus auritus. Anseriformes: Anatidae.
Mute Swan, Order Anseriformes, Family Anatidae, Species Cygnus olor,..
A large, familiar bird, strikingly white and obvious even at great range, Mute Swan is generally quite tame, even semi-domesticated in its behaviour and choice of habitat.
Territorial pairs are aggressive, even to people or their dogs, using impressive displays of arched wings and loud, hissing calls.
In some floodplains, small groups regularly feed on dry land, a habit that is more consistent with the two " wild swans ", Bewick's and Whooper,
Voice - Strangled trumpeting and hissing notes,
Nesting - Huge pile of vegetation at water's edge; up to 8 eggs; 1 brood; March - June.
Feeding - Plucks vegetable matter from short grass in fields and salt marshes, pulls the same from shallow water, or upends in deeper water,..
Length 1.4 - 1.6m,
Wingspan - 2,08 - 2.38m,
Weight - 10 - 12kg,
Lifespan - 15 - 20 years,
Social - Small flocks,
Status - Secure,..
(Melanitta nigra)
Cabedelo - Gaia
Portugal
Pouca luz e foi impossível manter a lente estável, mas aqui fica o registo. Foi tirada hoje.
Bem não foi só a lente que foi difícil de manter estável, eu próprio não me conseguia manter muito estável, tal era a força do vento.
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All my photos are now organized into sets by the country where they were taken, by taxonomic order, by family, by species (often with just one photo for the rarer ones), and by the date they were taken.
So, you may find:
- All the photos for this order ANSERIFORMES
- All the photos for this family Anatidae (Anatídeos)
- All the photos for this species Melanitta nigra
- All the photos taken this day 2010/02/27
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The kuruwhengi is quite ahrd to photograph. It is a shy duck, for the most aprt, avoids popular city ponds in favour of quieter waterways. It's a striking duck with a huge bill that seems almost too big for the head. The male is especially colourful.
Taken at otukaikino reserve, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Shovelers are specialist filter-feeding waterfowl with a large spoon-shaped or shovel-shaped bill that is almost twice as broad at its tip than at its base and which is the bird’s most conspicuous feature. Fine lamellae extend along most of the edge of the upper mandible and it is by pushing water through this lamellae curtain that small plankton and fine seeds are extracted.
Kuruwhengi are sexually dimorphic. The males are highly coloured most of the year, when they have a blue-grey head and neck with a distinctive white crescentic band at the base of its large spatulate black bill. The breast is a mottled brown and white after breeding but becomes progressively pure white as the nuptial moult proceeds during May. Its chestnut flank is offset by a large white patch at the tail base. The eye is yellow and the legs bright orange. Females are uniformly mottled light brown with dull brown bill and eye, and brown-orange legs. In flight Australasian shovelers have a distinctive profile with a conspicuously large, indeed out of proportion, bill, sharp pointed wings and very rapid wingbeats. The blue, white and green patches on the upper wing contrast with the white underwing. Their flight, especially at takeoff, gives off a distinctive whirring soun. Shovelers are quiet ducks. Displaying or defensive drakes have a rapid, but low volume, train-like sound (chuff-chuff) call, and females sometimes quack. Kuruwhengi are widespread throughout the North and South Islands, rarely on Stewart Island, mainly on large freshwater wetlands (usually fairly coastal), but occasionally in sheltered estuaries. They also make seasonal use of dune lakes, temporary wetlands, drains and sewage ponds.
Shovelers perform spectacular communal courting and then pairs break off to find a secluded territory for nesting which occurs in October, which is later than for all other waterfowl. Males vigorously defend territory. Nests are usually situated in long grass near water. Clutches are of 5-13 (mean 10) white eggs and upon hatching the ducklings are raised solely by the female over about 8 weeks. Broods are rarely active or conspicuous during the day. (Source: NZ Birds Online)
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Anseriformes - Anatidae - Aythya - marila
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A flock of Canada geese flies at sunrise at Merkle Wildlife Sanctuary in Upper Marlboro, Md., on Dec. 3, 2010. (Photo by Matt Rath/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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Canada geese forage in a field in Church Creek, Md., on Feb. 9, 2015. "The wild geese come from Canada, where all are free," is a saying repeated by Moses Viney, who escaped slavery after growing up in nearby Easton, Md. Viney later worked for Union College as its president's chaffeur and confidant. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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Orden:Anseriformes
Familia:Anatidae
Nombre común: Yaguaza barriga prieta,Pato silvador panza negra.
Nombre científico:Dendrocyna autumnalis.
Nombre inglés:Black -bellied Whistling- Duck.
Captura: Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA.
Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA.
Long-tailed Duck at the Clovis sewage ponds, Curry Co., NM, 141006. Clangula hyemalis. Anseriformes: Anatidae.
Mute Swan, Order Anseriformes, Family Anatidae, Species Cygnus olor,..
A large, familiar bird, strikingly white and obvious even at great range, Mute Swan is generally quite tame, even semi-domesticated in its behaviour and choice of habitat.
Territorial pairs are aggressive, even to people or their dogs, using impressive displays of arched wings and loud, hissing calls.
In some floodplains, small groups regularly feed on dry land, a habit that is more consistent with the two " wild swans ", Bewick's and Whooper,
Voice - Strangled trumpeting and hissing notes,
Nesting - Huge pile of vegetation at water's edge; up to 8 eggs; 1 brood; March - June.
Feeding - Plucks vegetable matter from short grass in fields and salt marshes, pulls the same from shallow water, or upends in deeper water,..
Length 1.4 - 1.6m,
Wingspan - 2,08 - 2.38m,
Weight - 10 - 12kg,
Lifespan - 15 - 20 years,
Social - Small flocks,
Status - Secure,..
Cinnamon Teal - male
Anas cyanoptera
Henderson, Las Vegas, USA
10th. November 2010
Distribution: avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=0E5...
avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=0E5...
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On a very blustery day with a chill, gritty wind blowing off the sea and the dunes, the birds at Ashley Estuary were all crowding into the few spots at high tide where a few grasses or the shape of a bank gave bit of shelter. As a result quite a variety of birds were in one space. The waders (in this case kuaka/bar tailed godwit) standing in their hundreds in the shallow water themselves created a micro climate of shelter for the ducks!
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Shovelers are specialist filter-feeding waterfowl with a large spoon-shaped or shovel-shaped bill that is almost twice as broad at its tip than at its base and which is the bird’s most conspicuous feature. Fine lamellae extend along most of the edge of the upper mandible and it is by pushing water through this lamellae curtain that small plankton and fine seeds are extracted.
Kuruwhengi are sexually dimorphic. The males are highly coloured most of the year, when they have a blue-grey head and neck with a distinctive white crescentic band at the base of its large spatulate black bill. The breast is a mottled brown and white after breeding but becomes progressively pure white as the nuptial moult proceeds during May. Its chestnut flank is offset by a large white patch at the tail base. The eye is yellow and the legs bright orange. Females are uniformly mottled light brown with dull brown bill and eye, and brown-orange legs. In flight Australasian shovelers have a distinctive profile with a conspicuously large, indeed out of proportion, bill, sharp pointed wings and very rapid wingbeats. The blue, white and green patches on the upper wing contrast with the white underwing. Their flight, especially at takeoff, gives off a distinctive whirring soun. Shovelers are quiet ducks. Displaying or defensive drakes have a rapid, but low volume, train-like sound (chuff-chuff) call, and females sometimes quack. Kuruwhengi are widespread throughout the North and South Islands, rarely on Stewart Island, mainly on large freshwater wetlands (usually fairly coastal), but occasionally in sheltered estuaries. They also make seasonal use of dune lakes, temporary wetlands, drains and sewage ponds.
Shovelers perform spectacular communal courting and then pairs break off to find a secluded territory for nesting which occurs in October, which is later than for all other waterfowl. Males vigorously defend territory. Nests are usually situated in long grass near water. Clutches are of 5-13 (mean 10) white eggs and upon hatching the ducklings are raised solely by the female over about 8 weeks. Broods are rarely active or conspicuous during the day. (Source: NZ Birds Online)
The kuruwhengi is quite ahrd to photograph. It is a shy duck, for the most aprt, avoids popular city ponds in favour of quieter waterways. It's a striking duck with a huge bill that seems almost too big for the head. The male is especially colourful.
Taken at otukaikino reserve, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Shovelers are specialist filter-feeding waterfowl with a large spoon-shaped or shovel-shaped bill that is almost twice as broad at its tip than at its base and which is the bird’s most conspicuous feature. Fine lamellae extend along most of the edge of the upper mandible and it is by pushing water through this lamellae curtain that small plankton and fine seeds are extracted.
Kuruwhengi are sexually dimorphic. The males are highly coloured most of the year, when they have a blue-grey head and neck with a distinctive white crescentic band at the base of its large spatulate black bill. The breast is a mottled brown and white after breeding but becomes progressively pure white as the nuptial moult proceeds during May. Its chestnut flank is offset by a large white patch at the tail base. The eye is yellow and the legs bright orange. Females are uniformly mottled light brown with dull brown bill and eye, and brown-orange legs. In flight Australasian shovelers have a distinctive profile with a conspicuously large, indeed out of proportion, bill, sharp pointed wings and very rapid wingbeats. The blue, white and green patches on the upper wing contrast with the white underwing. Their flight, especially at takeoff, gives off a distinctive whirring soun. Shovelers are quiet ducks. Displaying or defensive drakes have a rapid, but low volume, train-like sound (chuff-chuff) call, and females sometimes quack. Kuruwhengi are widespread throughout the North and South Islands, rarely on Stewart Island, mainly on large freshwater wetlands (usually fairly coastal), but occasionally in sheltered estuaries. They also make seasonal use of dune lakes, temporary wetlands, drains and sewage ponds.
Shovelers perform spectacular communal courting and then pairs break off to find a secluded territory for nesting which occurs in October, which is later than for all other waterfowl. Males vigorously defend territory. Nests are usually situated in long grass near water. Clutches are of 5-13 (mean 10) white eggs and upon hatching the ducklings are raised solely by the female over about 8 weeks. Broods are rarely active or conspicuous during the day. (Source: NZ Birds Online)
1/1/08
Lincoln Park, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
Mergus serrator
Just off shore at the park.
Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Subclass: Neognathae (Neognath Birds)
Infraclass: Galloanserae (Geese, Ducks, Quails, Pheasants & Relatives)
Order: Anseriformes (Waterfowl)
Family: Anatidae (Ducks, Geese & Swans)
Subfamily: Anatinae (Ducks, Teals & Relatives)
Genus: Mergus (Greater Mergansers)
Species: serrator
(Mergus serrator) Red-breasted Merganser
Streamstown Bay
County Galway 27-09-2018
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Anseriformes
Family:Anatidae
Genus:Lophodytes
Species:L. cucullatus
Binomial name
Lophodytes cucullatus
The hooded merganser is a small diving duck with a long, pointed black bill. The adult male hooded merganser has a white fan-shaped crest on its head. It has bright yellow eyes, a black head, a white chest with two black stripes, a brownish-black back, rust-colored sides and a grayish-brown rump and tail. The female hooded merganser has brown eyes, a reddish crest, and grayish-brown feathers.
Range
Hooded Merganser
The hooded merganser breeds from southern Alaska south to Oregon and Montana and from Manitoba and Nova Scotia, Canada south to Arkansas and northern Alabama. It winters near coasts from British Columbia south to California and from New England south to Florida and Texas.
Habitat
The hooded merganser breeds on wooded ponds, lakes and rivers and winters in these areas as well as on coastal marshes and inlets.
Diet
Hooded Merganser
The hooded merganser feeds during the day. It dives and forages on lake, river and pond bottoms for fish, crayfish and other crustaceans. It also eats aquatic insects and some aquatic plants.
Life Cycle
Hooded Merganser
Breeding season runs from March to May. Males court females in small flocks. The male raises his crest to attract the female, turns the back of his head towards her and flaps his wings. The female points her bill to the sky and bobs her head up and down.
The female lays 6-12 eggs in a nest in a tree hole or in a log. The nest is lined with whatever is in the hole including woodchips, leaves and other debris and then it is lined with down. The male leaves the female once incubation begins. The eggs hatch in about a month. The day after the ducklings are born the female leads them to water. They fledge in about 70 days.
Behavior
The hooded merganser usually gathers in small groups of no more than 10 or 12. When they are startled, they will fly away. They are one of the fastest flying ducks.
Mute Swan, Order Anseriformes, Family Anatidae, Species Cygnus olor,..
A large, familiar bird, strikingly white and obvious even at great range, Mute Swan is generally quite tame, even semi-domesticated in its behaviour and choice of habitat.
Territorial pairs are aggressive, even to people or their dogs, using impressive displays of arched wings and loud, hissing calls.
In some floodplains, small groups regularly feed on dry land, a habit that is more consistent with the two " wild swans ", Bewick's and Whooper,
Voice - Strangled trumpeting and hissing notes,
Nesting - Huge pile of vegetation at water's edge; up to 8 eggs; 1 brood; March - June.
Feeding - Plucks vegetable matter from short grass in fields and salt marshes, pulls the same from shallow water, or upends in deeper water,..
Length 1.4 - 1.6m,
Wingspan - 2,08 - 2.38m,
Weight - 10 - 12kg,
Lifespan - 15 - 20 years,
Social - Small flocks,
Status - Secure,..
On a very blustery day with a chill, gritty wind blowing off the sea and the dunes, the birds at Ashley Estuary were all crowding into the few spots at high tide where a few grasses or the shape of a bank gave bit of shelter. As a result quite a variety of birds were in one space. The waders (in this case kuaka/bar tailed godwit) standing in their hundreds in the shallow water themselves created a micro climate of shelter for the ducks!
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Shovelers are specialist filter-feeding waterfowl with a large spoon-shaped or shovel-shaped bill that is almost twice as broad at its tip than at its base and which is the bird’s most conspicuous feature. Fine lamellae extend along most of the edge of the upper mandible and it is by pushing water through this lamellae curtain that small plankton and fine seeds are extracted.
Kuruwhengi are sexually dimorphic. The males are highly coloured most of the year, when they have a blue-grey head and neck with a distinctive white crescentic band at the base of its large spatulate black bill. The breast is a mottled brown and white after breeding but becomes progressively pure white as the nuptial moult proceeds during May. Its chestnut flank is offset by a large white patch at the tail base. The eye is yellow and the legs bright orange. Females are uniformly mottled light brown with dull brown bill and eye, and brown-orange legs. In flight Australasian shovelers have a distinctive profile with a conspicuously large, indeed out of proportion, bill, sharp pointed wings and very rapid wingbeats. The blue, white and green patches on the upper wing contrast with the white underwing. Their flight, especially at takeoff, gives off a distinctive whirring soun. Shovelers are quiet ducks. Displaying or defensive drakes have a rapid, but low volume, train-like sound (chuff-chuff) call, and females sometimes quack. Kuruwhengi are widespread throughout the North and South Islands, rarely on Stewart Island, mainly on large freshwater wetlands (usually fairly coastal), but occasionally in sheltered estuaries. They also make seasonal use of dune lakes, temporary wetlands, drains and sewage ponds.
Shovelers perform spectacular communal courting and then pairs break off to find a secluded territory for nesting which occurs in October, which is later than for all other waterfowl. Males vigorously defend territory. Nests are usually situated in long grass near water. Clutches are of 5-13 (mean 10) white eggs and upon hatching the ducklings are raised solely by the female over about 8 weeks. Broods are rarely active or conspicuous during the day. (Source: NZ Birds Online)
[order] Anseriformes | [family] Anatidae | [latin] Cygnus cygnus | [UK] Whooper Swan | [FR] Cygne chanteur | [DE] Singschwan | [ES] Cisne Cantor | [IT] Cigno selvatico | [NL] Wilde Zwaan
spanwidth min.: 205 cm
spanwidth max.: 235 cm
size min.: 140 cm
size max.: 160 cm
Breeding
incubation min.: 31 days
incubation max.: 42 days
fledging min.: 78 days
fledging max.: 96 days
broods 1
eggs min.: 3
eggs max.: 5
Physical characteristics
Size is similar to the Mute Swan, but there are noticeable differences. Whooper Swans have a yellow and black beak, a more rigid neck bearing in activiy as well as at rest, and, finally, their wings produce a musical sound when they fly. Their feathers are entirely white and their webbed feet are black. Juveniles show a greyish brown plumage. After one year, they get their adult one.
The Whooper Swan can also be mistaken for the Bewick Swan whose he's very close. There are two ways to differentiate them: the Whooper Swan is much bigger, with a longer neck and a more angulous head, and the beak's yellow/black layout is different. While the Whooper's Swan beak looks globally yellow with just a black tip, the Bewick's Swan's one is mainly black with a yellow base, sometimes half yellow, half black. Unlike the Mute Swan, it never raises its wings above its back when it swims and its neck is straighter.
Habitat
Winters on low agricultural land, generally not far from coast. Breeds in northern zones, on shallow fresh waters: pools, lakes and rivers in wooded country. Rarely in tundra.
Other details
Cygnus cygnus breeds mainly in Iceland, Fennoscandia and northern Russia, but winters patchily across much of Europe, which constitutes >50% of its global wintering range. Its European wintering population is relatively large (>65,000 individuals), and was stable between 1970-1990. Although there were declines in a handful of countries during 1990-2000, most European wintering populations-including key ones in Denmark and Germany-were broadly stable or increased, and the species underwent a large increase overall.
Whooper Swans nest mainly in Eurasian boreal regions. They split in three distinct groups. The most occidental one, with a stable population of about 16 000 individuals, nests in Iceland. The central one nests in Scandinavia and Occidental Russia. It is estimated at 59 000 individuals, regularly increasing. The most oriental group is located in Siberia. Its population, estimated at 17 000 individuals, is probably decreasing. These groups migrate south beginning autumn with the first cold days. The occidental group leaves Iceland for the British Isles, North Sea and Channel coasts, as far as the farthest point of Brittany. The oriental group sets up on Caspian and Black Sea shores. The Scandinavian group is the one that has the shortest migration. During winter, Whooper Swans, like Bewick Swans, spend a great deal of time grazing.
Feeding
Essentially vegetarian. It eats aquatic plants and uses all parts of it (stems, leaves, roots, shoots). It also graze in prairies, like geese. It may eat small invertebrates, but it's a minor part of their diet.
Conservation
This species has a large range, with an estimated global Extent of Occurrence of 10,000,000 km². It has a large global population estimated to be 180,000 individuals (Wetlands International 2002). Global population trends have not been quantified, but the species is not believed to approach the thresholds for the population decline criterion of the IUCN Red List (i.e. declining more than 30% in ten years or three generations). For these reasons, the species is evaluated as Least Concern. [conservation status from birdlife.org]
Breeding
Pairs unite for lifetime. Males are very active in nest building. Their nest is bulky and made essentially with stems and leaves. The bottom is covered with twigs, leaves and feathers. In April-May, the female lays 4 to 7 eggs and sits on for 5 to 6 weeks. Chicks are precocious and are carried on the female's back under the male's aggressive watch and protection. Taking flight occurs 87 to 90 days after hatching.
Migration
Migratory. Part of Icelandic population remains in winter. Migrates southwards to temperate areas, sporadically in more southern latitudes in cold winters; vagrant to USA and Pakistan.
ORDEN: Anseriformes.
FAMILIA: Anatidae.
N. Comun: Piuquen, Guayata.
N. Cientifico: Chloephaga melanoptera.
N. Ingles: Andean Goose.
Habitat: Cordillera de los andes a VIII región, en invierno baja a los valles.
Captura: Chile.
Order:
Anseriformes
Family:
Anatidae
Genus:
Cygnus
Scientific:
Cygnus olor
Citation:
(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
Reference:
Syst.Nat. 1 pt2 p.502
Protonym:
Anas Olor
Avibase ID:
694C127A5D849FFE
Short link:
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 174985
Afrikaans: Swaan, Witswaan
Arabic: الإوز العراقي, التم الأخرس
Asturian: Cisne, Cisñe, Cisnie
Azerbaijani: Fısıldayan qu quşu
Belarusian: Лебедзь-шыпун
Bulgarian: Ням лебед
Breton: Alarc'h, An alarc'h roueel
Catalan: Cigne mut
Catalan (Balears): Cigne mut
Montenegrin: crvenokljuni labud
Czech: labu velká, Labut velká, Labuť velká
Welsh: Alarch dôf, Alarch mud
Danish: Knopsvane
German: Hockerschwan, Höckerschwan, Höckerschwann
Greek: (Βουβός) Κύκνος, Κύκνος
Greek (Cypriot): Κύκνος
English: Mute Swan, White Swan
English (IOC): Mute Swan
Esperanto: Muta cigno
Spanish: Cisne muto, Cisne real, Cisne Vulgar
Spanish (Spain): Cisne Vulgar
Spanish (HBW): Cisne vulgar
Spanish (Mexico): Cisne Mudo
Estonian: Kühmnokk-luik
Basque: Beltxarga arrunta, Cigne mut
Persian: قوی گنگ
Finnish: Kyhmyjoutsen
Faroese: Knópsvanur
French: Cygne muet, Cygne taberculé, Cygne tuberculé
Irish: Eala Bhalbh
Gaelic: Eala
Galician: Cigne mut, Cisne mudo
Manx: Ollay
Hebrew: ברבור אילם, ברבור מצוי
Croatian: Crvenokljuni Labud
Hungarian: Bütykös hattyú
Armenian: [Tshshan Karap ], Թժժան Կարապ, Թշշան Կարապ
Icelandic: Hnúðsvanur
Italian: Cigno muto, Cigno reale
Japanese: kobu haku-chō, kobuhakuchou, Kobu-hakuchou
Japanese: コブハクチョウ
Japanese (Kanji): 瘤白鳥
Georgian: სისინა (წითელნისკარტა) გედი, სისინა გედი, წითელნისკარტა გედი
Kazakh: Сыбырлақ аққу
Kazakh (Transliteration): sıbırlaq aq-qw
Korean: 혹고니, 흑고니
Korean (Transliteration): hok-goni
Scientific: Anas Olor, Cygnus bicolor, Cygnus olor, Sthenelides olor
Luxembourgish: Schwan , Schwunn
Lithuanian: Gulbe nebyle, Gulbė nebylė
Latvian: Paugurknābja gulbis
Macedonian: Нем (Црвеноклун) лебед, црвеноклун лебед
Mongolian: Хуруут хун
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠬᠣᠷᠣᠭᠣᠲᠣ ᠬᠣᠨ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠬᠣᠷᠣᠭᠣᠲᠣ ᠬᠣᠨ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Толбот хун, Торомт хун, Хуруут хун
Mongolian (Transliteration): khuruut khuŋ, tolbot khuŋ, toromt khuŋ
Moldavian: Lebădă de vară
Maltese: Cinju, Ċinju Mutu
Dutch: Knobbel zwaan, Knobbelzwaan
Norwegian Nynorsk: Knoppsvane
Norwegian: Knoppsvane, Tamsvane
Polish: labedz niemy, Łabędź niemy
Pinyin: chì-zuǐ tiān-é, liú hú, liú-bí tiān-é, yǎ-shēng tiān-é, yóu-bí tiān-é
Portuguese: cisne mudo, Cisne-mudo, Cisne-vulgar
Portuguese (Portugal): Cisne-mudo
Romansh: Cign dumesti
Romanian: Lebădă de vară
Russian: Lebed-shipun, Лебедь шипун, Лебедь-шипун, Лебедь-Шипут
Northern Sami: boallonjukča, Buggenjun'njukcá
Slovak: labuť hrbozobá, Labuť veľká, veľká hrbozobá
Slovenian: labod grbec
Albanian: Mjelma me xhunge, Mjelma me xhungë
Serbian: crvenokljuni labud, Labud grbac, Црвеноклјуни лабуд
Swedish: Knölsvan
Thai: หงส์ใบ้
Turkish: Kuğu, Kuşu, Ötücü Kuğu Kuşu, Сыбырлақ аққу
Ukrainian: Лебідь-шипун
Chinese: 哑声天鹅, 疣鼻天鵝, 疣鼻天鹅, 瘤鹄, 瘤鼻天鹅, 赤嘴天鹅
Chinese (Traditional): 啞聲天鵝, 疣鼻天鵝, 疣鼻天鵝〔赤嘴天鵝〕, 瘤鵠, 瘤鼻天鵝, 赤嘴天鵝
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 疣鼻天鵝, 瘤鵠
Chinese (Taiwan): 疣鼻天鹅, 瘤鹄
Wigeon,
Order ;- Anseriformes, Family ;- Anatidae, Species ;- Anas penelope,
Like most ducks, the Wigeon forms close flocks on water while feeding, advancing across a salt marsh or meadow in a tight-packed mass, Such a flock looks richly colourful and adds to the effect with constant loud calls, Wigeon are generally shy and fly off when approached, large numbers forming wheeling flocks circling above a marsh or heading for the safety of a reservoir, They have good reason to be wary, being the prime taret of many fowlers,
Occurrence, Breeds in N Europe and N UK, on edges of moorland pools and lakes in forests, Much more widespread in winter on estuaries and freshwater marshes, and on grassy areas surrounding reservoirs and water-filled pits,
Voice ;- Male has loud, exploisve, musical whistle, whee-oo; female has deep, rough, abrupt growl,
Nesting ;- In long vegetation on ground, near water, 8 or 9 eggs, 1 brood, April - July,
Feeding ;- Grazes on short grass, often in dense flocks, also feeds in shallow water, taking seeds, shoots, and roots.
Length ;- 45 - 51 cm ( 18 - 20 in ),
Wingspan ;- 75 - 86 cm ( 30 - 34 in ).
Weight ;- 500 - 900g ( 18 - 32 oz ),
Social ;- Dense flocks,
Lifespan ;- Up to 15 years,
Status ;- Secure,
South African Shelduck (Cape Shelduck) and Cape Teal west of Namutoni, Namibia, 110416. Tadorna cana, Anas capensis. Anseriformes: Anatidae.
The kuruwhengi is quite ahrd to photograph. It is a shy duck, for the most aprt, avoids popular city ponds in favour of quieter waterways. It's a striking duck with a huge bill that seems almost too big for the head. The male is especially colourful.
Taken at otukaikino reserve, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Shovelers are specialist filter-feeding waterfowl with a large spoon-shaped or shovel-shaped bill that is almost twice as broad at its tip than at its base and which is the bird’s most conspicuous feature. Fine lamellae extend along most of the edge of the upper mandible and it is by pushing water through this lamellae curtain that small plankton and fine seeds are extracted.
Kuruwhengi are sexually dimorphic. The males are highly coloured most of the year, when they have a blue-grey head and neck with a distinctive white crescentic band at the base of its large spatulate black bill. The breast is a mottled brown and white after breeding but becomes progressively pure white as the nuptial moult proceeds during May. Its chestnut flank is offset by a large white patch at the tail base. The eye is yellow and the legs bright orange. Females are uniformly mottled light brown with dull brown bill and eye, and brown-orange legs. In flight Australasian shovelers have a distinctive profile with a conspicuously large, indeed out of proportion, bill, sharp pointed wings and very rapid wingbeats. The blue, white and green patches on the upper wing contrast with the white underwing. Their flight, especially at takeoff, gives off a distinctive whirring soun. Shovelers are quiet ducks. Displaying or defensive drakes have a rapid, but low volume, train-like sound (chuff-chuff) call, and females sometimes quack. Kuruwhengi are widespread throughout the North and South Islands, rarely on Stewart Island, mainly on large freshwater wetlands (usually fairly coastal), but occasionally in sheltered estuaries. They also make seasonal use of dune lakes, temporary wetlands, drains and sewage ponds.
Shovelers perform spectacular communal courting and then pairs break off to find a secluded territory for nesting which occurs in October, which is later than for all other waterfowl. Males vigorously defend territory. Nests are usually situated in long grass near water. Clutches are of 5-13 (mean 10) white eggs and upon hatching the ducklings are raised solely by the female over about 8 weeks. Broods are rarely active or conspicuous during the day. (Source: NZ Birds Online)
The kuruwhengi is quite ahrd to photograph. It is a shy duck, for the most aprt, avoids popular city ponds in favour of quieter waterways. It's a striking duck with a huge bill that seems almost too big for the head. The male is especially colourful.
Taken at otukaikino reserve, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Shovelers are specialist filter-feeding waterfowl with a large spoon-shaped or shovel-shaped bill that is almost twice as broad at its tip than at its base and which is the bird’s most conspicuous feature. Fine lamellae extend along most of the edge of the upper mandible and it is by pushing water through this lamellae curtain that small plankton and fine seeds are extracted.
Kuruwhengi are sexually dimorphic. The males are highly coloured most of the year, when they have a blue-grey head and neck with a distinctive white crescentic band at the base of its large spatulate black bill. The breast is a mottled brown and white after breeding but becomes progressively pure white as the nuptial moult proceeds during May. Its chestnut flank is offset by a large white patch at the tail base. The eye is yellow and the legs bright orange. Females are uniformly mottled light brown with dull brown bill and eye, and brown-orange legs. In flight Australasian shovelers have a distinctive profile with a conspicuously large, indeed out of proportion, bill, sharp pointed wings and very rapid wingbeats. The blue, white and green patches on the upper wing contrast with the white underwing. Their flight, especially at takeoff, gives off a distinctive whirring soun. Shovelers are quiet ducks. Displaying or defensive drakes have a rapid, but low volume, train-like sound (chuff-chuff) call, and females sometimes quack. Kuruwhengi are widespread throughout the North and South Islands, rarely on Stewart Island, mainly on large freshwater wetlands (usually fairly coastal), but occasionally in sheltered estuaries. They also make seasonal use of dune lakes, temporary wetlands, drains and sewage ponds.
Shovelers perform spectacular communal courting and then pairs break off to find a secluded territory for nesting which occurs in October, which is later than for all other waterfowl. Males vigorously defend territory. Nests are usually situated in long grass near water. Clutches are of 5-13 (mean 10) white eggs and upon hatching the ducklings are raised solely by the female over about 8 weeks. Broods are rarely active or conspicuous during the day. (Source: NZ Birds Online)
Geese belong to the order Anseriformes, which includes all sorts of waterfowl. Swans and geese are the largest waterfowl, characterized by long necks and non-iridescent coloration. Even though they are waterfowl, geese spend most of their time on land.
There are two major genera among the geese: Anser geese and Branta geese.
Anser geese usually have pink, orange or gray legs and bills. Their bills are serrated. Belonging to this group are the species Bar-Headed, Bean, Emperor, Greylag, Pink-Footed, Ross', Snow, Swan Goose and White-Fronted.
Branta geese always have black bills, which are softer than those of the anser geese and without serrations. Belonging to this group are the species Barnacle, Brant, Canada, Nene or Hawaiian and Red-Breasted.
A baby goose is called a gosling. A group geese is called a gaggle.
Geese belong to the order Anseriformes, which includes all sorts of waterfowl. Swans and geese are the largest waterfowl, characterized by long necks and non-iridescent coloration. Even though they are waterfowl, geese spend most of their time on land.
There are two major genera among the geese: Anser geese and Branta geese.
Anser geese usually have pink, orange or gray legs and bills. Their bills are serrated. Belonging to this group are the species Bar-Headed, Bean, Emperor, Greylag, Pink-Footed, Ross', Snow, Swan Goose and White-Fronted.
Branta geese always have black bills, which are softer than those of the anser geese and without serrations. Belonging to this group are the species Barnacle, Brant, Canada, Nene or Hawaiian and Red-Breasted.
A baby goose is called a gosling. A group geese is called a gaggle.
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