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Male
Photo by Sussex bird man
Laguna Nimez, Argentina, November 2006

Oxyura ferruginea

Identification

• Chestnut
• Black head
• Bright blue bill with a slight bump over the nostril

Distribution

South America: found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, and Chile.

Taxonomy

Considered monotypic by Clements¹, but some recent field guides believe two subspecies exists: ferruginea, and andina. Some sources still consider Andean Duck a subspecies of Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis.²

Female
Photo by Robert Scanlon
Bogota, Colombia, January 2004

Habitat

Lakes, pools and marshes.

Behaviour

It cocks the tail

References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. Arthur Grosset
3. Restall et al. 2006. Birds of Northern South America. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300124156
4. Alvaro Jaramillo. 2003. Birds of Chile. Princeton Field Guides. ISBN 0-691-11740-3

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Andean Duck. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Andean_Duck

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