A male smew is a black and white duck, but the female smew comes with a colorful red head! This is a bit of a role reversal in the bird world. Learn more smew facts on this episode of Animal Fact Files!
Scientific Name: Mergellus albellus
Range: Northern Eurasia
Habitat: lakes, rivers, ponds, etc.
Size: 16 inches (41cm) in length, a 2 foot (61cm) wingspan, and about 1.5 pounds (680g) in weight
Diet: fish, insects, crustaceans
Threats: mammals like minks, birds of prey, etc.
Lifespan: 10 years
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Smew RANGE and HABTIAT 0:00
Smew APPEARANCE 0:30
Smew LIFE CYCLE 1:00
Smew THREATS 1:45
Smew SOUND(alike) 2:06
Smew SIZE 2:16
Smew DIET 2:26
Thanks! 2:42
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Image and Video Credits:
Mike Prince - flickr.com/photos/mikeprince/...
Odd Wellies - flickr.com/photos/rhubarbcrum...
Elliot Brown - flickr.com/photos/ell-r-brown...
Tony Hisgett - flickr.com/photos/hisgett/637...
Laura Wolf - flickr.com/photos/laurawolfar...
ColeAmundson - freesound.org/people/ColeAmun...
Natuur Digitaal (Marc Plomp); Stichting Natuurbeelden - www.openbeelden.nl/media/721877
Birbs of Japan - • Really Fashionable Wat... ; • Gonoike Pond's Smew an...
Pascal Vagner - • Harle piette (Mergellu... ; • Harle piette (Mergellu...
Edgars Dzenis - • Smew Mergus albellus i...
Bluetail63 - • Smew - Eyebrook Reserv...
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Kieren Alexander - vimeo.com/60830978
Foleyhaven - freesound.org/people/Foleyhav...
SanoAK: Alexander Kurthy - commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Katja Schulz - flickr.com/photos/treegrow/33...
Uusijani - commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Research Credits:
books.google.com/books?id=D2K...
www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRp...
datazone.birdlife.org/species/...
ebird.org/species/smew
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/f...
books.google.com/books?id=ZgB...
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app.bto.org/birdfacts/results...
species.nbnatlas.org/species/...
www.birdspot.co.uk/bird-ident...
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