Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalis(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
English (US) Long-tailed Duck
The Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Anatidae (Ducks, Swans, and Geese) in the order Anseriformes.
Range: breeds coastal Greenland (except northern), Iceland, northern Fennoscandia, northern Russia to Chukotka Peninsula, Alaska and northern Canada; winters mostly in coastal bays of northwestern Europe, Japan and Korean Peninsula, and Aleutian Islands to southwestern CanadaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Clangula hyemalis
- Order
- Anseriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Long-tailed Duck
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Anas hyemalis
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
- Type locality
- arctic Europe and America; restricted to northern Sweden by Linnaeus, 1761, Fauna Svecica, ed. 2, p. 44.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.126
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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