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Nomonyx dominica

Photo by arthurgrosset
Male on left, female on right.
Photographed: Aguas de Sao Pedro, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

[edit] Identification

[edit] Male

• Rust body
• Black face
• Mottled wings

[edit] Female, Winter Male, & Juvenile

• Barred brownish-grey body
• Two horizontal dark stripes through buffy face

[edit] Distribution

Mexico, South America, West Indies, and Central America.

[edit] Taxonomy

It is the only member of the genus Nomonyx.

[edit] Habitat

Freshwater water with dense marsh vegetation and surrounded by heavy tree cover. They also occur in mangrove swamps.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

Includes seeds, roots and leaves of aquatic plants. They also eat aquatic insects and crustaceans. They feed by diving.

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