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- Diving_duck abstract "The diving ducks, commonly called pochards or scaups, are a category of duck which feed by diving beneath the surface of the water. They are part of Anatidae, the diverse and very large family that includes ducks, geese, and swans.The diving ducks are placed in a distinct subfamily, Aythyinae. While morphologically close to the dabbling ducks, there are nonetheless some pronounced differences such as in the structure of the trachea. mtDNA cytochrome b and NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 sequence data indicate that the dabbling and diving ducks are fairly distant from each other, the outward similarities being due to convergent evolution.Alternatively, the diving ducks are placed as a tribe Aythyini in a subfamily Anatidae which would encompass all duck-like birds except the whistling-ducks.The seaducks commonly found in coastal areas, such as the long-tailed duck (formerly known in the US as oldsquaw), scoters, goldeneyes, mergansers, bufflehead and eiders, are also sometimes colloquially referred to in North America as diving ducks because they also feed by diving; their subfamily (Merginae) is a very distinct one however.Although the group is cosmopolitan, most members are native to the Northern Hemisphere, and it includes several of the most familiar Northern Hemisphere ducks.This group of ducks is so named because its members feed mainly by diving, although in fact the Netta species are reluctant to dive, and feed more like dabbling ducks.These are gregarious ducks, mainly found on fresh water or on estuaries, though the greater scaup becomes marine during the northern winter. They are strong fliers; their broad, blunt-tipped wings require faster wing-beats than those of many ducks and they take off with some difficulty. Northern species tend to be migratory; southern species do not migrate though the hardhead travels long distances on an irregular basis in response to rainfall. Diving ducks do not walk as well on land as the dabbling ducks; their legs tend to be placed further back on their bodies to help propel them when underwater.".
- Diving_duck class Bird.
- Diving_duck family Anatidae.
- Diving_duck kingdom Animal.
- Diving_duck order Anseriformes.
- Diving_duck phylum Chordate.
- Diving_duck thumbnail Greater-scaup-male2.jpg?width=300.
- Diving_duck wikiPageID "217855".
- Diving_duck wikiPageLength "6773".
- Diving_duck wikiPageOutDegree "73".
- Diving_duck wikiPageRevisionID "708289796".
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLink Anatidae.
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLink Anatinae.
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLink Animal.
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLink Anseriformes.
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLink Aythya.
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLink Baers_pochard.
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLink Bird.
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLink Bird_migration.
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLink Bufflehead.
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLink Canvasback.
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLink Category:Articles_containing_video_clips.
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLink Category:Aythyinae.
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLink Category:Diving_ducks.
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLink Chordate.
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLink Common_pochard.
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLink Convergent_evolution.
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLink Cosmopolitan_distribution.
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLink Cytochrome_b.
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLink Duck.
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLink Eider.
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLink Estuary.
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLink Extinction.
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLink Family_(biology).
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLink Ferruginous_duck.
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLink File:Female_Hardhead_duck.jpg.
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLink Genus.
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLink Goldeneye_(duck).
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLink Goose.
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLink Greater_scaup.
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLink Hardhead.
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLink Lesser_scaup.
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLink Long-tailed_duck.
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLink Madagascan_pochard.
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLink Marbled_duck.
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLink Merginae.
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLink Mergus.
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLink Mitochondrial_DNA.
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLink Monotypic_taxon.
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLink Morphology_(biology).
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLink NADH_dehydrogenase.
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLink Netta.
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLink New_Zealand_scaup.
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLink Northern_Hemisphere.
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLink Nucleic_acid_sequence.
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLink Pink-headed_duck.
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLink Protein_subunit.
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLink Red-crested_pochard.
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLink Redhead_(bird).
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLink Ring-necked_duck.
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLink Rosy-billed_pochard.
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLink Scoter.
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLink Southern_pochard.
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLink Subfamily.
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLink Swan.
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLink Trachea.
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLink Tribe_(biology).
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLink Tufted_duck.
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLink Whistling_duck.
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLink White-winged_duck.
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLink File:New_Zealand_Scaup_(Aythya_novaeseelandiae).ogv.
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLinkText "Diving duck".
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLinkText "Diving_duck".
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLinkText "Poachard".
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLinkText "diving duck".
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLinkText "diving".
- Diving_duck wikiPageWikiLinkText "pochard".
- Diving_duck classis Bird.
- Diving_duck familia Anatidae.
- Diving_duck imageCaption "Greater scaup, Aythya marila".
- Diving_duck imageWidth "250".
- Diving_duck name "Diving ducks".
- Diving_duck ordo Anseriformes.
- Diving_duck phylum Chordate.
- Diving_duck regnum "Animalia".
- Diving_duck subdivision Aythya.
- Diving_duck subdivision Marbled_duck.
- Diving_duck subdivision Netta.
- Diving_duck subdivisionRanks "Genera".
- Diving_duck subfamilia "Aythyinae".
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- Diving_duck wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Taxobox.
- Diving_duck wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Use_dmy_dates.
- Diving_duck subject Category:Articles_containing_video_clips.
- Diving_duck subject Category:Aythyinae.
- Diving_duck subject Category:Diving_ducks.
- Diving_duck hypernym Category.
- Diving_duck type Animal.
- Diving_duck type Bird.
- Diving_duck type Eukaryote.