ANATIDAE
TUFTED DUCK 

Location : Malim Nawar, Perak
Date : ‎‎‎‎21 ‎July ‎2019

40–47 cm Male: Blackish with white flanks, purplish-glossed head, drooping crest, grey bill with whitish band and black tip.Male eclipse: Browner black; greyish flanks, small crest, duller bill. Female: Dark brown with paler flanks, slight nuchal tuft/bump, yellow eyes, often some white on face at sides of billbase; less extensive white upperwing-band than other Aythya ducks (same on male). Undertail-coverts can be white. Juvenile: As female but somewhat paler head/upperparts (crown dark), pale area on lores, little or no crest, browner eyes (particularly female). VOICE Low vibrant whistled wheep-wee-whew from courting males; growling err err err.. from females. HABITAT Lakes, large rivers; up to 1,300 m. RANGE Sc/un WVW,N(lfc),C,E,S Myanmar, NW,NE,C Thailand, E Tonkin. V S Thailand, Pen Malaysia, Singapore, C Annam