In St. Petersburg flew to rest the smallest duck of Russia – a chiroc whistle

Russia’s smallest duck, the cheroke whistle, flew to St. Petersburg to rest during migration. Outwardly, it is very similar to ordinary mallards, but in comparison with them, the bird seems quite a baby. This was told by biologist Pavel Glazkov in his channel “Each creature pair”.

The feathers on the duck's wing are bright green. Herrings of this species, as often happens, are much brighter than females: they have a red-brown head on which there is a wide green stripe passing through the eye. Bird whistles are called because of the characteristic “cry” during the mating season.

In St. Petersburg, the whistle is extremely rare, mainly, as now, during migration. Here the ducks rest and find food, and then fly further to the place of their wintering.