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- (Oxyura jamaicensis) is a species of duck in the family Anatidae. The ruddy duck is one of six species within the stiff-tailed ducks (genus Oxyura)....
- The white-headed duck (Oxyura leucocephala) is a small diving duck some 45 cm (18 in) long. The male has a white head with black crown, a blue bill, and...
- The stiff-tailed ducks, the genus Oxyura, are part of the Oxyurini tribe of ducks. All ducks in the genus have, as their name implies, long, stiff tail...
- The lake duck (Oxyura vittata) is a small, South American stiff-tailed duck. It is also called the Argentine blue-bill, Argentine blue-billed duck, Argentine...
- The blue-billed duck (Oxyura australis) is a small Australian stiff-tailed duck, with both the male and female growing to a length of 40 cm (16 in). The...
- The Maccoa duck (Oxyura maccoa) is a stiff-tailed diving duck found across Eastern and Southern Africa. As members of the stiff-tailed duck group, Maccoas...
- stiff-tailed ducks. It is sometimes included with the latter in the genus Oxyura, but the masked ducks are now considered the descendants of a missing link...
- (black-headed duck) Genus Nomonyx (Linnaeus 1766) Ridgway 1880 (masked duck) Genus Oxyura Bonaparte 1828 Genus Nettapus von Brandt 1836 (pygmy geese) Genus Malacorhynchus...
- Sumatra and Borneo. Nupserha oxyura var. postflavipes Breuning, 1950 Nupserha oxyura var. elongatoides Breuning, 1950 Nupserha oxyura var. oxyuroides Breuning...
- small group of 3–4 genera, 2–3 of them monotypic, with 7–8 living species) Oxyura, stiff-tailed ducks (5 living species) Nomonyx, masked duck Heteronetta...