Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalis
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 18,954
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Vulnerable
Description
The long-tailed duck is a medium-sized sea duck that breeds in the tundra and taiga regions of the arctic and winters along the northern coastlines of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. It is the only member of the genus Clangula.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Long-tailed duck”.