most widespread and abundant bird in Russia - a duck.This small water bird lives in almost all fresh water and brackish waters.Of all the ducks most settled Mallard.This bird can be found everywhere in Russia.
All representatives duck broad streamlined body.The beak is flattened, and the membrane on the feet.The neck is long and flexible.Plumage dense, impermeable to water.Well-developed layer of subcutaneous fat.
migratory and sedentary species of ducks
Many species of wild ducks that can not fly away for the winter, opt for a permanent stay warm climate zones.Mallard refers to migratory ducks that prefer to live in the rivers.But not all migrate mallard - there are birds, leading a sedentary life.
birds fly in small flocks.Pairs are formed in the autumn or already in hibernation, if individuals spend the winter together.Finally, the formation of a pair occurs in the spring during the nesting season.
Types of geese and ducks inhabiting the Russian expanses, with dozens.Ducks belong to the order Anseriformes.Migrate to warmer climes for the winter: pintail, mandarin duck, mallard, teal, shelduck, dearie, Ogar and others.
breeds of domestic ducks
On the plot usually contain meat breeds and species of ducks.The first kind are domesticated mallard and Muscovy duck.A native of Russia, the second representative of the American continent.
breeding and domestication of ducks started long ago, a few thousand years ago.So that all the representatives of many modern species belong to these two species.
considered the best in Russia Bashkir colored duck, it's a bit larger than Mallard in size and weight.Indian runner - type of medium-sized duck, which has a distinctive posture and resembles a penguin.Indoutka or Muscovy duck has a skin growths on his head, like a turkey.
Types of domestic ducks include decorative Representatives.They contain exclusively for beauty and is used in foods.Cape Teal, Mandarin and Caroline are very bright and beautiful birds.
The area originally Mandarin - East Asia.At nesting flies in the Amur and Sakhalin Region, Khabarovsk and Primorye.Chosen by mountain rivers and surrounding forests.It is a good swimmer, flies fast and agile.In tangerine hunting is prohibited, it is listed as endangered.
representatives meat breeds
Peking Duck - best meat breed.Chinese poultry breed brought more than 300 years ago in Beijing Bree.Gradually, the breed has spread around the world.
large head, short and thick legs, long body, a little elated.The neck is not very long, the wings tight to the body.Plumage Peking duck white-yellowish color with a cream shade.This kind of fattened quickly and gaining weight.Sturdy, strong and well tolerated in severe cold.
Ukrainian breed has a well developed musculature and a thin bony skeleton.Plumage dense, the color is gray, white and reddish.Rapidly developing and gaining weight, have normal egg production.
Moscow white duck on your physique similar to the Peking duck.The breed is bred in the Moscow region.The bird has a long neck, chest protruding forward, a broad back and short legs.The plumage of the white color with no signs of yellowing.
Muscovy duck increasingly dark color with a few bright feathers.At the head has fleshy growths in red, for which it is often called warty duck.The body of the bird large, thick, short neck.Bird got its name because of the peculiar musky odor, which emit the skin and feathers.Ducks undemanding to food, hardy and not susceptible to disease.Quickly gaining weight.
meat-egg breeds
Khaki Campbell bred by crossing several species.The body is elongated, broad chest, the neck is of medium length.Bird active, lively, unpretentious food.It gives eggs and tasty, tender meat.
Mirror duck has a light brown color is almost white.The name of the breed was due to a mirror shine feathers.Torso bird long and wide, short neck and low legs.
egg breeds
Indian Runner has a vertical body position, what is very similar to a penguin.Bird mobile and active.We duck long neck and long legs that allow it to run fast.In addition to a large number of eggs, giving a delicious tender meat.
Wild ducks inhabiting Russia
throughout Russia live poultry Duck family.From the most northern latitudes to eastern Siberia spread their habitat.Many species of wild ducks are hunted.
most frequent trophy - Mallard.Moving quickly disappears under the water, if the sense of danger.Pintail, on the contrary, rises rapidly with water and flies than of great interest among hunters.
species of wild ducks Russia, living in nature, divided into two groups.The first is: mallard, shoveler, pintail, wigeon, garganey and others. They feed in shallow water, a lot of time on the islands of the river and the meadows.These birds can be found in the oak grove where food are whole acorns.The common name of this species - dabbling ducks.Birds are well allocated tail.Dabbling ducks different body shape from diving.
Mallard - duck-standard
These are the most numerous representatives of river wild ducks.Favorite trophy hunters.It represented in the world 12 species, but common mallard best known among them.
Appearance ducks may be taken as a reference.Compared with other kinds of these ducks have a streamlined body shape and shorter neck.The beak is flattened shape, the sides are tiny teeth, through which filters the water for the bird feeding on plankton and small animals.
Wings powerful, but not long, indicating a good aerial ability duck.The tail is slightly tapered at the sides, short and seemed to cut at the tip.Paws brushed back a bit short.In mallard well developed oil gland, responsible for the water-repellent feathers.
bird's body reaches a length of 40-60 cm. Weight duck - up to 1 kg, slightly higher than the drake by weight females.But the color of the plumage and the male pronounced.A female mallard has a modest color, which is dominated by brown and red tones.At the edge of each feather has a whitish edges, it gives her body a flowing pattern.
Drake has no streaks or only very small areas.The main color of brown, gray and black.The head and neck have a dark green color, the sun casts a violet-blue.Paws birds have a bright orange color.
habitat mallard most extensive.Chosen for themselves freshwater shores, thickets are dense reeds, reeds and bushes.Ducks get used to human presence and settle in the city in the ponds and canals.
ducks in Russia who live in the north, migratory.Mallard duck in Eastern Europe are leaving the northern part of the country since the beginning of September to mid-October, they are sent to North Africa and Asia Minor.Ducks sent from Siberia to winter in China.
during flight and wintering flocks are formed, numbering thousands of birds, but when they go back to the breeding grounds, then break into small flocks of ducks 10-15.
diving ducks
A second group - diving ducks.They need to dive, while helping himself paws as search for food these birds falls on the bottom.Diving duck species in Russia: the red-crested pochard, Common Pochard, Tufted black, goldeneye.
This is a large group of birds that inhabit the vast territory of Russia.They live and breed on the sea coasts.In winter, they migrate to warmer climates.Types of diving ducks birds represented a fairly large weight, which have a massive physique and short legs.These are excellent swimmers and divers, they can stay underwater for up to 3 minutes.
Tufted
representative kind of duck.It refers to the diving ducks.It has a short neck and a large head.These are small and stocky species of ducks.Photo and name of the duck can be easily identified.We collared Duck black head and neck, as if it wore a collar.Pochard has a bright red-haired, almost copper color, the color of the head.It is easy to learn.
Duck spends much time on the water.If you want to get food from the bottom, dives full or in part, leaving the rear part of the body on the water surface.
diving duck species can be easily distinguished from the river in silhouette.At first the lower landing, and they hold the tail lowered.To fly, they need a little run, and the river could soar almost vertically.Duck on the land beyond rare.
on the territory of Russia lives and nests of 5 species of duck.Tufted Duck, Pochard, Pochard berov live in the European part of the country to the Maritime Provinces.
ducks living in northern Russia
In northern latitudes of Russia, Yamalo-Nenets region, home to 23 species, and 18 passes there nesting phase.At last count, the number of ducks that live in the district, reaching 12 million.
Scaup
Scaup - northern duck.Species chosen tundra zone of Russia, from west to east, subarctic and arctic latitudes of Eurasia.In Russia, a duck can be seen west of the Urals (up to the coast of the Arctic Ocean), and on the Yamal Peninsula.
Tufted - migratory birds that stop for the winter on the coast of the temperate latitudes.On the wintering floats from the shore at a distance of 10 m. It prefers the narrow bays and lagoons.
Males are more colorful painted.Black-and-white palette feathers, wings and back speckled.Legs bluish-gray.The female has a modest color.The plumage is dominated by browns.With the duck pond rises quickly, easily and quickly flies.Great dive to great depths.Chicks are hatching a day to dive into the water, but just for a second, because of the light weight.But after 6 weeks after birth safely swim under water up to 15 m.
Designated nesting prefers swampy, mostly overgrown with bushes lake.Their nests are satisfied on the ground near the water in the thickets of sedges.Scaup is a migratory bird and fly away for the winter on the coast of the temperate latitudes.
feed are mollusks, small fish, leaves, seeds and green parts of aquatic plants, which produces at the bottom of the northern duck.Types Duck mostly kept in small flocks.Serve trophies for hunters.
