Masked Duck (Nomonyx dominicus)

Other Scientific Names
Oxyura dominica [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Oxyura dominica [Stotz et al. (1996)]

Other Names (World)
Masked Duck, White winged Lake Duck

Family
Anatidae (Ducks, Geese, Swans)

Size
29 - 36 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Linnaeus, 1766)

Range (Guide)

Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica (B), Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua (B), Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and The Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Uruguay (B), USA (B), Venezuela.

Vagrant to Virgin Islands (U.S.).

West Indies and Mexico south to north-western Peru and east of Andes to north-eastern Argentina.

Population
Estimated population is 50,000 - 499,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (15)...)

Masked Duck (Nomonyx dominicus) [XC48341]
by Marco Cruz from Establecimiento Uaranina, Ruta 69, San Javier, Santa Fe, Argentina (song)

Masked Duck (Nomonyx dominicus) [XC513795]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Agronomia UFGO - Rio Meia Ponte\/C\u00f3rrego Samambaia., Brazil (alarm call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

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