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Colloquial / Alternate names: Status in Europe:Common Where and When:found widely in Europe Habitat: Lakes Notes: Sexes nearly alike male slightly larger with longer neck female slightly less bright in plumage - Ad Brown above silky white below crown black with erectile feathers sides of face white ear-coverts forming a long curved neck ruff or ear-tippets chestnut at base black at tips - Back of neck back and upper wing-coverts blackish streaked brown foreneck and entire underparts including under wing-coverts pure silky white - Primaries blackish secondaries white forming a patch that shows as a white wingbar in flight - Neck relatively longer and thinner than in ducks head appears big with conspicuous black-and-white crest - Bill reddish brown iris crimson legs and feet blackish brown - Juv Dull grey above white below head and neck striped dark and light lacks erectile crown feathers and ear-tippets - Bill black eye brown - Stripy plumage retained until ad plumage starts appearing crest first then neck ruff More Photos:
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