Nomonyx dominicus / Masked duck (Nomonyx dominicus)

Wikipedia: Masked duck Quelle: OTHER 1200px-Masked_duck_%28Nomonyx_dominicus%29.jpg
Systematik: Gattung Nomonyx; Unterfamilie Anatinae; Familie Entenvögel (anatidae)
Allgemein: The masked duck (Nomonyx dominicus) is a tiny stiff-tailed duck ranging through the tropical Americas. They are found from Mexico to South America and also in the Caribbean. Primarily not migratory, masked ducks are reported as very uncommon vagrants in the southernmost United States, along the Mexican border and in Florida. As of 2000, the conservation status for masked ducks in Texas is 3,800 birds.^[2] On April 1, 1962, it was recorded from Lowndes County, Georgia, where it was photographed by Alexander Wetmore.^[3] [more]

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