Length: 17 inches | Wingspan: 26 inches | Seasonality: Non-resident in South Dakota |
ID Keys: Males with obvious long tuft at back of head, otherwise breeding adult males are dark with white flanks and belly. Females similar in structure but brown overall, grayish-brown flanks and belly. |
The
Tufted Duck is a common diving duck of the Eastern Hemisphere, living
throughout much of Eurasia. They are winter vagrants in North America,
where they are most often found in Alaska, but they can also occasionally be
found along northern parts of both the Pacific and Atlantic Coasts of North
America. They are often considered the Old World's ecological equivalent to
North America's Ring-necked Duck, to
which they are closely related.
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South Dakota Status: Non-resident in South Dakota |