Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalis
Vulnerable (IUCN Red List)Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl
Call and song
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About the Long-tailed Duck
Diving duck that favors saltwater in winter and Arctic tundra pools in summer. Males are distinctive with black, white, gray, and brown patterns and long pointed tail. Male plumage changes dramatically from winter to summer. Females and immature males are brownish overall with whiter face and large dark cheek patch. Dives frequently to feed mainly on invertebrates.
Species account: eBird.org, fetched 2025-12-26 · How these pages are made
Where it has been recorded
Recorded in 68 of the 253 countries we have eBird lists for. Each opens that country's checklist.
- Albania
- Anguilla
- Armenia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Bermuda
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- China
- Croatia
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Faroe Islands
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Greece
- Greenland
- Guernsey
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Iran
- Ireland
- Isle of Man
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Jersey
- Kazakhstan
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Mexico
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- North Korea
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russia
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Saudi Arabia
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Korea
- Spain
- Svalbard
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Taiwan
- Thailand
- Türkiye
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- United States
- United States Minor Outlying Islands
