Species profile
Harlequin Duck
Histrionicus histrionicus
Quick answer
Breeding regions are NA, PAL. Breeding subregions are ne Siberia, Chukotka, Kamchatka, and Sakhalin pens., Kuril Is., Hokkaido and n Honshu (c Japan); Aleutian Is., Alaska, w Canada, Pacific Northwest and n Rocky Mt. states; ne Canada, s Greenland and Iceland. Non breeding regions are to wc, ec North Pacific and wc North Atlantic coasts.
- Scientific name
- Histrionicus histrionicus
- Family
- Anatidae
- Order
- Anseriformes
- Genus
- Histrionicus
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Harlequin Duck in your journal
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