Long-tailed duck

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Name (Latin)
Long-tailed duck
Other forms of name
Clangula hyemalis
nne Old-squaw
Oldsquaw
See Also From tracing topical name
Clangula
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata: Q26597
Library of congress: sh 85094564
Sources of Information
  • Birds of the world : a Clements-like listing, via WWW, Oct. 16, 2002(Clangula hyemalis, Oldsquaw)
  • Bird families of the world : the Sibley and Monroe classification, via WWW, Oct. 16, 2002(Clangula hyemalis, Long-tailed Duck)
  • The A.O.U. check-list of North American birds, 7th ed., via WWW, Oct. 16, 2002(Clangula hyemalis, Long-tailed Duck)
  • Obsolete English names of North American birds and their modern equivalents, via WWW, Oct. 16, 2002(Clangula hyemalis. Current name: oldsquaw. Old name: duck, long-tailed)
  • Names of North American birds, via WWW, Oct. 16, 2002(Oldsquaw, Clangula hyemalis)
  • ITIS, Oct. 16, 2002(Clangula hyemalis (Linnaeus, 1758). Common name: oldsquaw)
  • NatureServe explorer, via WWW, Oct. 16, 2002(Clangula hyemalis, Long-tailed duck)
  • Alsop, F. Birds of No. Am., 2001:p. 199 (Clangula hyemalis, Long-tailed duck)
  • Handbook birds of the world, 1992:v. 1, p. 622 (Long-tailed duck, Clangula hyemalis, other common name: Oldsquaw)
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Wikipedia description:

The long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis) or coween, formerly known as the oldsquaw, is a medium-sized sea duck that breeds in the tundra and taiga regions of the arctic and winters along the northern coastlines of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. It is the only member of the genus Clangula.

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