Harlequin Duck

Histrionicus histrionicus - Arlequin plongeur

Arlequin plongeur
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Anseriformes

  • Family
    :

    Anatidés

  • Genus
    :

    Histrionicus

  • Species
    :

    histrionicus

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 51 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 56 à 66 cm.
  • Weight
    : 500 à 726 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Arlequin plongeur
♂ adult plum. breeding
Arlequin plongeur
♀

Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus) is a species of bird in the Anatidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Arlequin plongeur,
  • Pato arlequín,
  • pato-arlequim,
  • Kragenente,
  • tarka réce,
  • Harlekijneend,
  • Moretta arlecchino,
  • strömand,
  • Harlekinand,
  • kamenárka strakatá,
  • kačka strakatá,
  • Strømand,
  • virta-alli,
  • ànec arlequí,
  • Straumönd,
  • kamieniuszka,
  • arlekīnpīle,
  • harlekinka,
  • Каменушка,
  • シノリガモ,
  • 丑鸭,
  • 丑鴨,

Voice song and cries

Arlequin plongeur
♂ adult plum. breeding

Habitat

Arlequin plongeur
♂ adult plum. breeding

Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls) ; Marine Neritic : Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs, Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel, Subtidal Sandy, Subtidal Sandy-Mud, Macroalgal/Kelp, Seagrass (Submerged) ; Marine Intertidal : Rocky Shoreline, Tidepools

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

QRcode Arlequin plongeur
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