#0748 · 🐦 birds

Long-tailed Duck

🇳🇱 IJseend ·Clangula hyemalis

VUvulnerable 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

The long-tailed duck ( Clangula hyemalis ), once known as oldsquaw , is a medium-sized sea duck. It is the only living member of its genus, Clangula . This was formerly used for the goldeneyes, with the long-tailed duck being placed in Harelda , but the latter is the type species of the genus. An undescribed congener is known from the Middle Miocene Sajóvölgyi Formation (Late Badenian, 13–12 Mya) of Mátraszőlős, Hungary.

base stats

NL sightings 63iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 26,530iNaturalist observations
threat VUvulnerable

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).