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[[Image:Maccoa_Duck.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by <b>Mybs in Paarl Sewage Works, RSA]]
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[[Image:Maccoa_Duck.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Mybs in Paarl Sewage Works, RSA]]
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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The Maccoa Duck (Oxyura maccoa) is a small (48-51 cm) long African stiff-tailed duck.
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48-51 cm. Chestnut body, a blue bill and a black head. Adult females have a grey-brown body, with a dark grey bill and a dark brown crown, nape and cheek stripe.
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The adult males have a chestnut body, a blue bill and a black head. Adult females have a grey-brown body, with a dark grey bill and a dark brown crown, nape and cheek stripe.
 
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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This duck breeds in two main areas: eastern Africa from Sudan and Ethiopia to Tanzania and west to eastern Zaire, and southern Africa from Zimbabwe to Cape Province, South Africa.
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[[Sudan]], [[Ethiopia]], [[Tanzania]], [[Zaire]], [[Zimbabwe]], and [[South Africa]].
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Their breeding habitat is shallow fresh waters, and they are also found in brackish and saline lakes in winter.
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Shallow fresh waters, and brackish and saline lakes in winter.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Oxyura+maccoa}}
 
{{GSearch|Oxyura+maccoa}}
 
[[Category:Birds]]
 
[[Category:Birds]]

Revision as of 11:54, 15 October 2007

Oxyura maccoa
Photo by Mybs in Paarl Sewage Works, RSA

Identification

48-51 cm. Chestnut body, a blue bill and a black head. Adult females have a grey-brown body, with a dark grey bill and a dark brown crown, nape and cheek stripe.

Distribution

Sudan, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Zaire, Zimbabwe, and South Africa.

Taxonomy

Habitat

Shallow fresh waters, and brackish and saline lakes in winter.

Behaviour

External Links

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