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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 feathers...
- Anatidae. The
ruddy duck is one of six
species within the
stiff-
tailed ducks (genus Oxyura).
Stiff-
tailed ducks occupy heavily vegetated habitats in
North and...
- The New
Zealand stiff-
tailed duck (Oxyura vantetsi) is an
extinct duck
species from New
Zealand which is
known only from
subfossil remains. It was first...
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relative of the
other stiff-
tailed ducks, but
rather the
product of
convergent evolution from the
ancestors of the
stiff-
tailed ducks. The black-headed...
- The musk duck (Biziura lobata) is a
highly aquatic,
stiff-
tailed duck
native to
southern Australia. It is the only
living member of the
genus Biziura....
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group in its own subfamily, the Oxyurinae. Most of its
members have long,
stiff tail feathers which are
erected when the bird is at rest, and
relatively large...
- The
masked duck (Nomonyx dominicus) is a tiny
stiff-
tailed duck
ranging through the
tropical Americas. The only
member of the
genus Nomonyx, it is intermediate...
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species native to the
Andean Mountains of
South America, one of the
stiff-
tailed ducks. It was
considered a
subspecies of the
ruddy duck. In fact, some...
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Biziura is a
genus of
stiff-
tailed ducks endemic to
Australasia and
containing one
living and one
subfossil species. †B.
delautouri Forbes, 1892 – New...
- duck (Oxyura maccoa) is a
stiff-
tailed diving duck
found across Eastern and
Southern Africa. As
members of the
stiff-
tailed duck group,
Maccoas are often...
