Afghanistan (NB) (P), Albania (NB), Algeria, Armenia (B) (NB), Austria (B) (NB), Azerbaijan (NB) (P), Bangladesh (NB), Belarus (B) (NB), Belgium (B) (NB), Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina (B), Bulgaria (B) (NB) (P), Canada, Chad, China (mainland), Croatia (Local Name: Hrvatska) (B) (NB) (P), Cyprus (NB), Czech Republic (B) (NB) (P), Denmark (B) (NB) (P), Djibouti, Egypt (NB), Eritrea, Estonia (B) (NB) (P), Ethiopia, Faroe Islands (B) (NB), Finland (B) (NB) (P), France (B) (NB) (P), Germany (B) (NB) (P), Greece (NB) (P), Guam (NB), Hong Kong (China), Hungary (B) (NB), Iceland (B) (NB), India, Indonesia, Iran [Islamic Republic of] (NB), Iraq (NB), Ireland (B) (NB), Israel, Italy (B) (NB), Japan, Jordan (NB) (P), Kazakhstan (B), Kenya, Kyrgyzstan (NB) (P), Laos, Latvia (B) (NB), Lebanon, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Liechtenstein (B), Lithuania (B) (NB) (P), Luxembourg (B) (NB), Macedonia [The Former Yugoslav Republic of] (NB), Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Micronesia [Federated States of] (NB), Mongolia (B), Montenegro (B) (NB), Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles (B) (NB), Nigeria, North Korea, Northern Mariana Islands (NB), Norway (B) (NB) (P), Oman, Pakistan, Palau (NB), Philippines (NB), Poland (B) (NB) (P), Portugal (B) (NB), Qatar, Romania (B) (NB) (P), Russia (Asian) (B), Russia (Central Asian) (B) (P), Russia (European) (B) (NB) (P), Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia (B) (NB), Slovakia (Slovak Republic) (B) (NB) (P), Slovenia (B) (NB) (P), South Korea, Spain (B) (NB), Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden (B) (NB) (P), Switzerland (B) (NB), Syrian Arab Republic (NB), Taiwan (China), Tajikistan, Tanzania [United Republic of], Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey (B) (NB), Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine (B) (NB) (P), United Arab Emirates (NB), United Kingdom (B) (NB), USA (B), Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Western Sahara, Yemen.
Vagrant to Bahrain, Brunei Darussalam, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Côte dIvoire, Gambia, Gibraltar, Greenland, Kuwait, Malawi, Malta, Marshall Islands, Niger, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands.
Across northern Palearctic from Iceland eastwards to Kamchatka, southwards to central Europe, northern Mongolia and northern Japan (Hokkaido).
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is 2,600,000 - 2,900,000 (2010).
Status LC
Habitat degradation due to oil pollution, drainage, peat-extraction and changing land management practices in breeding areas, human disturbance, hunting and predation by American mink Neovison vison on islands are the main threats.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Food
Mainly molluscs and aquatic insects and their larvae and some plant material.
Voice
Male, usually silent, but a low whistle during courtship. Female, a harsh 'karr' especially in flight.
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula) [XC796658]
by Susanne Kuijpers from Den Ilp, Landsmeer, North Holland, Netherlands (call)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula) [XC760407]
by Daan Drukker from Ida Gerhard, Netherlands (nocturnal flight call)
Nest
Composed of vegetation, located on the ground, in rushes or tussocks of grass, under bushes, near water, and well hidden. Often nest with gull and tern colonies.
Eggs (Guide)
6 - 14; matt, grey-green; ellipsoidal. Incubation: about 24 days; by male.
Subspecies
Considered by some to form superspecies with Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris) and New Zealand Scaup (Aythya novaeseelandiae). Hybridization, especially with other Aythya species often recorded.
The Reader's Digest Book of British Birds 1980, 3rd Edition, Drive Publications Ltd ISBN 0 340 25308 8
Birds in Colour Campbell, B., 1960, Penguin Books Ltd
The Pocket Guide to Nest and Eggs Fitter, R.S.R., 1954, Collins
RSPB Handbook of British Birds Holden, P., Cleeves, T., 2002, A & C Black ISBN 0 7136 5713 8
Birds of Britain and Europe Sterry, P., et al., 2001, AA Publishing ISBN 0 7495 3068 5
The Popular Handbook of British Birds Hollom, P.A.D., 1973, H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd ISBN 0 85493 002 7
BirdLife International Species Factsheet