About
Education
Discuss
TraitBank
Sign In
Sign Up
Language
Deutsch
English
Español
français
Nederlands
Piemontèis
Português do Brasil
suomi
Türkçe
Ελληνικά
македонски
Українська
العربية
简体中文
繁體中文
names in breadcrumbs
vernacular
scientific
About
Education
Discuss
TraitBank
Sign In
Sign Up
en
Deutsch
English
Español
français
Nederlands
Piemontèis
Português do Brasil
suomi
Türkçe
Ελληνικά
македонски
Українська
العربية
简体中文
繁體中文
names in breadcrumbs
vernacular
scientific
Creatures
»
…
»
Animal
»
…
»
Vertebrates
»
…
»
Dinosaurs And Birds
»
…
»
Theropods
»
…
»
Birds
»
…
»
Waterfowl
»
Ducks, Geese, And Swans
»
…
Creatures
»
Cellular Organisms
»
Eukaryotes
»
Opisthokonts
»
Animal
»
Bilateria
»
Deuterostomes
»
Chordates
»
Vertebrates
»
Jawed Fish
»
Osteichthyes
»
Lobe Finned Fishes
»
Terrestrial Vertebrates
»
Amniotes
»
Reptiles
»
Diapsid
»
Archosauromorph
»
Archosaurs
»
Dinosaurs And Birds
»
Saurischia
»
Theropods
»
Tetanuran Theropod
»
Coelurosaur
»
Maniraptoriformes
»
Maniraptoran
»
Birds
»
Ornithurae
»
Neornithes
»
Neognaths
»
Galloanserae
»
Waterfowl
»
Ducks, Geese, And Swans
»
Histrionicus
«
Harlequin Duck
Histrionicus histrionicus (Linnaeus 1758)
collect
overview
data
media
articles
maps
names
filter by attribute
show all
behavioral circadian rhythm
body shape
developmental mode
diet includes
geographic distribution
habitat
has sexual dimorphism
introduced range includes
locomotion
mating system
migration
motility
native range includes
parental care
social system
trophic guild
Animal Diversity Web Traits and images
show all
AnAge
Animal Diversity Web Traits and images
Arctic Birds
Barents Sea Species List
Bay of Fundy Species List
Beaufort Sea Species List
Bering Sea Species List
Canada Species List
Cellularity and growth form
China Species List
Chukchi Sea Species List
CITES
COSEWIC
Cubo 2000
Davis Strait Species List
Denmark Species List
Dooling et al 2000
Fairbairn 2013
Finland Species List
Gatesy and Middleton 1997
Global Biotic Interactions
Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species
Greenland Sea Species List
Greenland Species List
Gulf of Alaska Species List
Gulf of Mexico Species List
Gulf of St Lawrence Species List
Hone et al 2013 avian data
Hudson Bay Species List
Hudson Strait Species List
Iceland Species List
iDigBio type specimen records
India Species List
Indian Ocean Species List
Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland Species
IUCN
Japan Species List
Johnsgard 1962
Kattegat Species List
Labrador Sea Species List
Ladich and Popper 2004
Land and Fernald 1992
Mexico Species List
Mineralogy
Namigai et al 2014
North Atlantic Species List
North Korean Species List
North Pacific Species List
North Sea Species List
Northwestern Passages Species List
Norway Species List
Norway Species List
OBIS environmental data records
Russia Species List
Sea of Japan Species List
Sea of Okhostk Species List
Sibly et al 2012
South Korea Species List
Sweden Species List
The Netherlands Species List
United Kingdom Species List
United States Species List
Wikipedia (inferred records)
Wildfinder (WWF)
World Register of Marine Species
xeno canto America
behavioral circadian rhythm
Animal Diversity Web Traits and images
diurnal
URI:
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q906470
Definition:
animal behavior characterized by activity during the day, with a period of inactivity at night.
show all records
body shape
Animal Diversity Web Traits and images
bilaterally symmetric
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324
Definition:
being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves
show all records
developmental mode
Animal Diversity Web Traits and images
precocial
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/precocial
Definition:
Parent(s) provide neither food nor thermoregulation (e.g., pheasants and ducks)
Attribution:
Richard M. Sibly, Christopher C. Witt, Natalie A. Wright, Chris Venditti, Walter Jetz, and James H. Brown. 2012. Energetics, lifestyle, and reproduction in birds. PNAS 109(27):10937-10941, doi:10.1073/pnas.1206512109
show all records
diet includes
Animal Diversity Web Traits and images
fish
URI:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q152
Definition:
vertebrate animal that lives in water and (typically) has gills
show all records
Animal Diversity Web Traits and images
mollusks
URI:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25326
Definition:
phylum of invertebrate animals
show all records
Animal Diversity Web Traits and images
crustaceans
URI:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25364
Definition:
subphylum of arthropods
show all records
Animal Diversity Web Traits and images
eggs
URI:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q17147
Definition:
organic vessels in which embryos first begin to develop
show all records
Animal Diversity Web Traits and images
insects
URI:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1390
Definition:
a class of mainly terrestrial arthropods
show all records
geographic distribution
Animal Diversity Web Traits and images
northern hemisphere
URI:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39061
show all records
habitat
1 record hidden — show all
Animal Diversity Web Traits and images
freshwater
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000873
Definition:
A biome that applies to the freshwater realm.
show all records
Animal Diversity Web Traits and images
freshwater
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000873
Definition:
A biome that applies to the freshwater realm.
show all records
Animal Diversity Web Traits and images
riparian wetland
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/riparianWetland
show all records
Animal Diversity Web Traits and images
polar
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000894
show all records
Animal Diversity Web Traits and images
temperate
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000206
show all records
has sexual dimorphism
Animal Diversity Web Traits and images
male more colorful
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/male_more_colorful
Comment:
Auto-added during harvest #90. A human needs to edit this.
Attribution:
Adw Birds
show all records
introduced range includes
Animal Diversity Web Traits and images
the Palearctic
URI:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q106447
Definition:
largest of the eight ecozones constituting the Earth's surface
Attribution:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Palearctic.png
show all records
locomotion
Animal Diversity Web Traits and images
flight
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NBO_0000367
Definition:
self-propelled movement of an organism from one location to another through the air, usually by means of active wing movement
show all records
Animal Diversity Web Traits and images
swimming
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0036268
Definition:
Self-propelled movement of an organism from one location to another through water, often by means of active fin movement.
show all records
mating system
Animal Diversity Web Traits and images
monogamous
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ECOCORE_00000063
Definition:
One male and one female have an exclusive mating relationship
show all records
migration
Animal Diversity Web Traits and images
migratory
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/migratory
Definition:
makes regular daily or seasonal movements between different regions or habitats
show all records
motility
Animal Diversity Web Traits and images
actively mobile
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/activelyMobile
Definition:
uses self-propelled locomotion to change location on a regular basis
show all records
native range includes
Animal Diversity Web Traits and images
The Nearctic
URI:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q737742
Definition:
one of the eight terrestrial ecozones constituting the Earth's land surface
Attribution:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ecozone_Nearctic.svg
show all records
parental care
Animal Diversity Web Traits and images
provisioning
URI:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2874419
Definition:
supplying materials, especially food
show all records
Animal Diversity Web Traits and images
protection
URI:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2251595
Definition:
action or precaution against a threat against an uncertainty or possible unpleasant events
show all records
Animal Diversity Web Traits and images
parental care
URI:
http://polytraits.lifewatchgreece.eu/terms/BP_YES
Definition:
this term applies to a species that provides any parental care to its offspring
show all records
Animal Diversity Web Traits and images
female provides care
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/parentalCareFemale
Definition:
the female feeds and nurtures offspring
Attribution:
Richard M. Sibly, Christopher C. Witt, Natalie A. Wright, Chris Venditti, Walter Jetz, and James H. Brown. 2012. Energetics, lifestyle, and reproduction in birds. PNAS 109(27):10937-10941, doi:10.1073/pnas.1206512109
show all records
Animal Diversity Web Traits and images
paternal care
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/paternalCare
show all records
social system
Animal Diversity Web Traits and images
group living
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/socialGroupLiving
Definition:
where individuals of the same species (conspecifics), maintain spatial proximity with one another over time with mechanisms of social attraction
Attribution:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_living
show all records
trophic guild
Animal Diversity Web Traits and images
carnivore
URI:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q81875
Definition:
organism that eats mostly or exclusively animal tissue
Attribution:
Crustacean body sizes
show all records
Animal Diversity Web Traits and images
invertivore
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/invertivore
Definition:
An organism that feed on invertebrate animals (insects, crustaceans, molluscs, worms, etc.)
show all records
Animal Diversity Web Traits and images
piscivore
URI:
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1420208
Definition:
carnivorous animal which eats primarily fish.
show all records