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title: "Long-tailed Duck"
description: "Clangula hyemalis — Birds. The long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis) is a medium-sized sea duck that breeds in the tundra and taiga regions of the arctic and winters along the northern coastlines of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/long-tailed-duck
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Long-tailed Duck

> Clangula hyemalis — Birds. The long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis) is a medium-sized sea duck that breeds in the tundra and taiga regions of the arctic and winters along the northern coastlines of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

- Scientific name: *Clangula hyemalis*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast), `arctic` (Arctic)
- iNaturalist observations: 26336
- Wikidata: [Q26597](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26597)
- iNaturalist taxon: [7170](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/7170)

## Names

- en: Long-tailed Duck
- de: Eisente
- es: Pato havelda
- fr: Harelde boréale
- nl: Ijseend
- pt: Pato-de-cauda-afilada
- pl: Lodówka

## Countries with the most observations

US (10973), CA (8903), RU (1823), PL (492), GB (361), IS (353), NO (299), DE (236), FI (198), FR (145), SJ (105), LT (85)

## Summary

The long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis) is a medium-sized sea duck that breeds in the tundra and taiga regions of the arctic and winters along the northern coastlines of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. It is the only member of the genus Clangula.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-tailed_duck

## Photo

![Long-tailed Duck](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/long-tailed-duck/medium.jpg)

Photo: Braden J. Judson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/36779806

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/long-tailed-duck?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).