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Aythya ferina
Medium sized diving duck from diving ducks group. Winter male shows a very pale grey body (back, belly and wings) with dark-brown to black glossy chest and tail. It also has a bright chestnut colored head with reddish eye. The beak is black with silvery grey tip. In eclipse, these colors become much duller.
Here seen in winter on lake Leman, central Geneva.
Spotted on Feb 21, 2015
Submitted on Dec 20, 2017
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