Redhead
Aythya americana
Aves
COMMON
Stats
- Lifespan
- 10-15 yrs
- Size
- Medium
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Social
- Flock
- Biome
- Freshwater wetland
- Range
- North America
- Movement
- Flight
- Breeding
- Egg-laying
- Defense
- Speed
- Status
- Common
About
This diving duck inhabits freshwater marshes and shallow lakes across North America. It frequently lays its eggs in the nests of other birds to avoid raising its own ducklings.
Life cycle
- 1.eggA clutch of eggs rests in a down-lined nest near water, covered and warmed by the brooding female.
- 2.hatchlingA downy hatchling follows its mother to the water within hours and feeds itself almost immediately.
- 3.juvenileA juvenile grows its first true feathers, swimming in the family group and learning to dabble or dive.
- 4.adultFully grown with adult plumage.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Anseriformes
- Family
- Anatidae
- Genus
- Aythya
- Species
- Aythya americana