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Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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Lake Duck* |
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Oxyura vittata |
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Description (10)
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Lake Duck
© wildfowl-photography.co.uk
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Other Names (World)
Lake Duck, Argentine Blue-bill, Argentine Blue-billed Duck, Argentine Lake Duck, Argentine Ruddy Duck
Family
Anatidae (Ducks, Geese, Swans)
Size
40 cm
First Described (Guide)
(Philippi, 1860)
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay.
Vagrant to Antarctica, Falkland Islands (Malvinas).
Most of Chile and Argentina (except highlands), northwards to south-eastern Brazil.
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Population
Estimated population is 10,000 - 100,000 (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (1)...)
Lake Duck (Oxyura vittata) [XC774895]
by GABRIEL LEITE from Casablanca, Valparaiso, Valpara\u00edso, Chile (alarm call)
Lake Duck (Oxyura vittata) [XC774896]
by Bernabe Lopez-Lanus from Casablanca, Valparaiso, Valpara\u00edso, Chile (alarm call)
Subspecies
Considered by some to form a superspecies with Blue-billed Duck (Oxyura australis).
No subspecies.
References
See References.
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Lake Duck see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
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