- The
stiff-
tailed ducks, the
genus Oxyura, are part of the
Oxyurini tribe of ducks. All have, as
their name implies, long,
stiff tail feathers,
which are...
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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...
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ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) is one duck of six
species within the
stiff-
tailed ducks (Oxyura). They
occupy heavily vegetated habitats in
North and South...
- 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....
- 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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genus Heteronetta and has no subspecies. It is
closely related to the "
stiff-
tailed"
ducks of
genera Nomonyx, Oxyura, and Biziura. The black-headed duck...
- 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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subfamily Dendrocygninae,
though also
showing some
similarities to the
stiff-
tailed ducks in the
subfamily Oxyurinae. It is the only
member of the genus...
- 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...
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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...
