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Histrionicus histrionicus (Harlequin Duck)

Synonyms: Anas histrionica (homotypic)
Language: French; Spanish

Wikipedia Abstract

The harlequin duck (Histrionicus histrionicus) is a small sea duck. It takes its name from Harlequin (French Arlequin, Italian Arlecchino), a colourfully dressed character in Commedia dell'arte. The species name comes from the Latin word "histrio", "actor". In North America it is also known as lords and ladies. Other names include painted duck, totem pole duck, rock duck, glacier duck, mountain duck, white-eyed diver, squeaker and blue streak.
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Infraspecies

Histrionicus histrionicus histrionicus
Histrionicus histrionicus pacificus

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
3
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
21
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 7.49829
EDGE Score: 2.13986
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  1.653 lbs (750 g)
Birth Weight [3]  33 grams
Female Weight [6]  1.14 lbs (517 g)
Male Weight [6]  1.345 lbs (610 g)
Weight Dimorphism [6]  18 %
Breeding Habitat [2]  Boreal forests, Temperate western forests
Wintering Geography [2]  Coastal U.S./Canada
Wintering Habitat [2]  Coastal marine, Rocky intertidal
Diet [4]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Diet - Invertibrates [4]  100 %
Forages - Water Surface [4]  20 %
Forages - Underwater [4]  80 %
Clutch Size [7]  6
Clutches / Year [3]  1
Fledging [5]  40 days
Global Population (2017 est.) [2]  190,000
Incubation [3]  28 days
Mating System [8]  Monogamy
Maximum Longevity [3]  15 years
Snout to Vent Length [5]  18 inches (45 cm)
Wing Span [9]  26 inches (.65 m)
Female Maturity [3]  1 year
Male Maturity [3]  1 year

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Ecosystems

Important Bird Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Japan Japan No

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Alces alces (moose)1
Castor canadensis (american beaver)1
Ondatra zibethicus (muskrat)1

Predators

Aquila chrysaetos (Golden Eagle)[10]
Bubo blakistoni (Blakiston's Fish Owl)[12]
Bubo scandiacus (Snowy Owl)[10]
Falco peregrinus (Peregrine Falcon)[10]
Haliaeetus leucocephalus (Bald Eagle)[10]

Consumers

Range Map

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Storchová, Lenka; Hořák, David (2018), Data from: Life-history characteristics of European birds, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.n6k3n
♦ 2Partners in Flight Avian Conservation Assessment Database, version 2017. Accessed on January 2018.
♦ 3de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 4Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 5Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 6Robertson, GJ and RI Goudie. 1999. Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus. Pages 1-32 in The Birds of North America No. 466. (A. Poole and F. Gill, Eds.). The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
♦ 7Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
♦ 8Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 9Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 10Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 11Exploring the Denali Food Web, ParkWise, National Park Service
♦ 12Blakiston’s Fish-owl, BirdLife International (2001) Threatened birds of Asia: the BirdLife International Red Data Book. Cambridge, UK: BirdLife International.
♦ 13Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0