long-tailed duck

Japanese: long-tailed duck(英語表記)longtailedduck
long-tailed duck

…The male has a long tail. For this reason, it is called the long-tailed duck in the UK. It breeds in the tundra of the Eurasian continent and the far north of North America, and in winter migrates to the northern Pacific Ocean, the northern Atlantic Ocean, and the Great Lakes of North America, spending most of its time at sea. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "long-tailed duck" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…雄は尾が長い。このためイギリスではlong‐tailed duckと呼ばれる。ユーラシア大陸,北アメリカの極北地方のツンドラで繁殖し,冬期には太平洋北部,大西洋北部,北アメリカ五大湖などへ渡り,おもに海上で過ごす。…

※「long-tailed duck」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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