TUFTED DUCK

Photographed at Werribee Water Treatment Plant (WTP), Victoria, January 2019

1266                   TUFTED DUCK                   Aythya fuligula 

AUSTRALIA               765

From northern Eurasia; occasionally found as winter migrant on coasts of USA and Canada. Migratory within their range. Feed mainly by diving; eat molluscs, aquatic insects and some plants, sometimes feeding at night. Breeding habitat close to marshes and lakes with plenty of vegetation to conceal nests; also found on coastal lagoons, shorelines and sheltered ponds.

NOTE:   First record for Australia.