Long-tailed duck
| Long-tailed duck | |
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| Non-breeding male | |
| Female | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Anseriformes |
| Family: | Anatidae |
| Genus: | Clangula Leach, 1819 |
| Species: | C. hyemalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Clangula hyemalis | |
| Synonyms | |
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The long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis) or coween, 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.