Monday, July 8, 2024
MALE TUFTED DUCKS MOLTING FROM BREEDING TO NONBREEDING (ECLIPSE) PLUMAGE, TJORNIN POND, REYKJAVIK, ICELAND, 7/6/2024
We can ID these ducks as male Tufted Ducks as follows:
- Black rounded head with drooping tuft from nape
- Bright yellow eyes
- Flanks are a mixture of white and gray. These Tufted Ducks are molting from breeding plumage (white flanks) to nonbreeding or eclipse plumage (gray flanks), so they have flanks which are a mix of white and gray.
- The rest of the ducks plumages that we can see are black.
- Grayish bill with black nail
The Tufted Duck is a new species to our ebird Photographic Life List. Our ebird Life List now stands at 1,139.
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