Ogar or red duck (Tadorna ferruginea) is a family of waterfowl duck.Related shelduck.Red duck is rather large, wing length of males is 35,5-39,5 cm, beak - less than five centimeters.Bird weight - from 1.2 to 1.5 kg.Females differ slightly smaller.-oranzhevo Color plumage brown, white wings, the flight feathers are black.
Red duck swims well, however, in the air is a bit hard.In the summer, during the breeding season, the males appear dark ring around his neck.
usually red ducks live in small groups or in pairs.In rare cases, form a large flock.However, during moulting or wintering in large groups, they can be assembled on slow rivers or lakes.
Red duck in captivity tend to be aggressive and uncommunicative.Keeping these birds in pairs or better in the territory of a large area.Red ducks can be kept with other representatives of the family of ducks, but in any case they can be aggressive during nesting.
Buddhists of Tibet and Mongolia calcine is considered a sacred bird.In Slavic mythology it is also revered.
usually red duck paired for several years.Mating occurs in the spring.At the same time the female chooses the male.Breeding plumage of the female is characterized by a nearly white feathers on both sides of the head.
should be noted that seasonal change of plumage color of both representatives of the species is almost not expressed.Only some parts of male attire somewhat dim.Young animals similar in appearance to an adult female, and the look on her background more faded.
nesting birds are very diverse.They dig holes in the clay cliffs, in some cases, more than four meters in length.In addition, ducks nest and fox, badger burrows.Sometimes their nests were found in abandoned buildings, barns.
August begins molting adults when the young reach independence.Like other ducks, have Ogarkov two molting: premarital and complete.
Red ducks overwinter in Syria, Iraq, Arabia, South China, and India.In Russia during the cold season they can be found in Turkmenistan, in the Caucasus.
Red ducks feed on plant and animal feed.Thus, when the birds feed on insects, crustaceans, various small animals, the meat has an unpleasant smell.However, since the fall, when individuals move to plant food (grain and green shoots of winter), the meat of excellent quality.
Another representative is a colorful bird Mandarin.Distributed it only in East Asia.In Russia, Mandarin ducks are found on Sakhalin, Amur region, Primorye, Khabarovsk Territory.They hibernate in Japan and China.
Mandarin duck - a small bird.Body weight of it - from four to seven hundred grams.In the mating season the male is very difficult to confuse with any other bird duck family.
Duck extended to forested mountain streams with water hanging in a tree branch.It can also be found in riverine mountain forests.The bird flies very well, while she sits on the water is high, some his tail.Mandarin ducks rarely, only if injured.Flying bird - nimble and quick, it takes off very easily, sometimes almost straight up.Mandarin, unlike most other ducks, often sits on coastal rocks or tree branches.
hunting this bird is prohibited.Mandarin included in the Red Book.In the parks it bred as ornamental.Reduction of the population contributes to the hunt.The fact that this bird is another winter plumage, and hunters often take it for a member of another species.
Mandarin eats water plants, acorns, worms, fish eggs and shellfish.
