Lake Duck

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When to see the Lake Duck

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Lake Duck

The map shades 5 countries with regular records, and 2 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in United Kingdom, Bolivia.

About the Lake Duck

The lake duck is a small, South American stiff-tailed duck. It is also called the Argentine blue-bill, Argentine blue-billed duck, Argentine lake duck, or Argentine ruddy duck.

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Easily confused with

White-headed DuckOxyura leucocephalaAdult males have a grey and reddish body, a blue bill and a largely white head with a black cap and neck. Blue-billed DuckOxyura australisThe tail feathers for both the male and female are made up of thick, spine-like shafts. Maccoa DuckOxyura maccoaAs members of the stiff-tailed duck group, Maccoas are often found wading in the water with their tail feathers cocked upwards.

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