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Canard à faucilles
The female has a plumage pattern that is generally similar to that of other
members of the genus, although on the dark side, but the male is quite
spectacularly different from any other ducks, with a significant shaggy
crest, a unique face pattern, and the tightly curved tertials (inner
secondary wing feathers) that give it its name ( falcate means curved or
sickle-shaped ). Those feathers are not only curved as you see, but in
cross section are an acute U shape, and so long that their tips can, as I
have shown in the painting, touch the water in the normal swimming pose.

Reproduction interdite... © Barry Kent Mackay

L'espèce

Classification

Ordre : Ansériformes
Famille : Anatidés
Espèce : Canard à faucilles


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La photo

Référence O.Net : bkma55306
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Prise de vue

Date : 2008
Pays : Canada (ca)
Région : Ontario
Lieu : Markham Markham
Lat. : 43° 52' 1'' Nord
Lng. : 79° 16' 1'' Ouest

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