Tufted Duck
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The Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula) is a medium-sized diving duck with a population of close to one million birds.
Description
The adult male is all black except for white flanks and a blue-grey bill. It has an obvious head tuft that gives the species its name. The adult female is brown with paler flanks, and is more easily confused with other diving ducks. In particular, some have white around the bill base which resembles the scaup species, although the white is never as extensive as in those ducks.
The only duck which is at all similar is the drake North American Ring-necked Duck, which however has a different head shape, no tuft and greyish flanks.
The Tufted Duck is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.
Suginami, Tokyo
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Suginami (杉並区 Suginami-ku?) is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. In English, it calls itself Suginami City.
As of April 1, 2011, the ward has an estimated population of 538,703, with 301,277 households, and a population density of 15,834.39 persons per km². The total area is 34.02 km².
Geography
Suginami occupies the western part of the ward area of Tokyo. Its neighbors include these special wards: to the east, Shibuya and Nakano; to the north, Nerima; and to the south, Setagaya. Its western neighbors are the cities of Mitaka and Musashino.
The Kanda river passes through Suginami. The Zenpukuji river originates from Zenpukuji Park in western Suginami, and the Myoshoji river originates in Myoshoji Park, to the north of Ogikubo station.
The center of population of Tokyo lies in Omiya 1-chome in Suginami.
