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Tufted duck
Aythya fuligula
species of Anatidae


img. 1219 male © Jo Kuyken

img. 1220 female © Jo Kuyken
ad. male
number longest
primary 10 per wing 139.0 - 156.0mm n=6
P9 (83%) P8 (17%)
secondary 18 per wing 101.0 - 125.5mm n=4
S14 (75%) S13 (25%)
retrix 14
66.0 - 71.5mm n=3
R2 (33%) R4 (33%) R1 (33%)
wing length1 hand-wing-index1,2 (HWI) primaries-index wing length/longest primary ratio hand-wing-index/primaries-index ratio
190 - 204mm n=18 43 - 53% n=12 39 - 42% n=5 ⌀136% no data available
detailed information

The wing length is measured on the flattened and straightened wing ("maximum chord") from the carpal joint to the tip of the longest primary feather, the so-called "Kleinschmidt-method".

combined data from:
Avonet1: 190 - 204mm n=16
Featherbase: 192 - 194mm n=2

The hand-wing-index, introduced by Kipp 1959, is calculated as the ratio of the hand length (difference between the length of the longest primary and the first secondary) to the wing length.

combined data from:
Avonet1: 43 - 53% n=12,
The primaries-index is calculated as the ratio of the longest primary feather length to the first (outermost) secondary. It is the equivalent of the hand-wing index for feather measurements. The wing length/longest primary ratio is calculated as the ratio of the wing length to the length of the longest primary feather. The hand-wing-index/primaries-index ratio is calculated as the ratio of the hand-wing index to the primaries-index.
1 Tobias, J. A., et al. (2022). AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds.
2 Kipp, Friedrich A.: "Der Handflügel-Index als flugbiologisches Maß", erschienen in "Vogelwarte - Zeitschrift für Vogelkunde", 1959, Band 20, Heft 1



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source: IUCN 2025. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2025-1 <www.iucnredlist.org>
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Ducks, geese and swans

conservation status

  • CITES
    not listed
  • Regulation (EG) Nr. 865/2006
    not listed
  • German Federal Nature Conservation Act §44
    protected
  • listed in hunting law