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Aythya fuligula
This is a small diving duck, of some 40 to 45cm in length. Both sexes have dark brown back, neck, chest and head; While the breeding male has white or whitish belly and flanks, and develops a longer brown crest, which is barely a tuft in other plumages. Non-breeding male and females have bellies and flanks brown, of some paler shade than the rest of bodies. The eye is yellow.
Regularly observed on waters of lake Geneva (Leman), in urban and peri-urban setting, mixed with other waterfowl.
Spotted on Feb 2, 2018
Submitted on Apr 3, 2018
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