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Falcated Duck
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 prohibited without prior permission. © Barry Kent Mackay

The species

Classification

Order : Ansériformes
Family : Anatidae
Species : Falcated Duck


Species photos

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The photo

O.Net reference : bkma55306
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Photo details

Date : 2008
Country : Canada (ca)
Region : Ontario
Location : Markham Markham
Lat. : 43° 52' 1'' North
Lng. : 79° 16' 1'' West

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