The bird life at Gjesværstappan

Latin (scientific) name - Clangula hyemalis. Family name - Anatidae

Number of eggs - 5 - 9 eggs
Hatching time - 24 - 29 days
Age of independence - 35 - 40 days
Oldest known age - ?
Length from tip of bill to tail - 40 - 47 cm

Like other ducks, propel themselves with their feet under water. It can dive 60 m deep. Eat crustaceans, insects, and plant material etc.

Havelle   Alli   Havlit   Long-tailed Duck   Alfågel   Harelde de Miquelon   Ijseend   Moretta codona   Eisente   Pato Havelda   Hávella   Lodówka

- Birds in Ola's BirdGuide -

Puffin  |  Guillemot  |  Razorbill  |  Black Guillemot  |  Red-necked Phalarope  |  Purple Sandpiper  |  Shag  |  Cormorant  |  Arctic Skua  |  White-tailed Eagle  |  Raven  |  Carrion Crow  |  Gannet  |  Fulmar  |  Oystercatcher  |  Arctic Tern  |  Great black-backed Gull  |  Kittiwake Common Gull  |  Herring Gull  |  Eider  |  Goosander   Long-tailed Duck   Mallard  |  † Great Auk