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Cute duck family. Nature background. Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca

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It is an elegant and beautiful looking diving duck. Its beak is dark gray and long, its forehead is curved, its crown is curved, its wing stripe is bright white, long and wide. It prefers mostly shallow, freshwater ponds or lakes with a rich variety of underwater and surface plants, sometimes it prefers salty and brackish water areas. Also open lagoons or shores in winter. It nests in dense reeds or among other tall plants. They collect food by diving or superficially filtering mud and water with their beaks. They feed on aquatic plants, insects, larvae and small fish. They are gregarious, they can form large flocks in winter.