Field Guide for Greenlandic Birds

http://www.utahbirds.org/birdsofutah/ProfilesD-K/HarlequinDuck.htm

Scientific:
Histrionicus histrionicus

Order:
Anseriformes
Family:
Anatidae
Genus:
Histrioncius

Danish: Strømand

Greenlandic: None

Length: 13.0-21.3 in (33-54 cm)

Weight: 17.6-25.6 oz (500-726 g)

Wingspan: 22.1-26.0 in (56-66 cm)

Fun fact: The Harlequin Ducks nickname is the sea mouse due to it’s mouse sounding chirps.

Ian Cruickshank, XC160185. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/160185

References:

Avibase The World Bird Database (2018)  Histrionicus histrionics.

Dunn, Jon L, and Jonathan Alderfer. Field Guide to Birds of North America. National Geographic, 2000.

Robertson, Gregory J. and R. Ian Goudie. 1999. Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (P. G. Rodewald, editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York, USA.

Sibley, David Allen. 2014. The Sibley guide to birds, second edition. Alfred A Knopf, New York.

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