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WetlandPlatform nestLarge · 365 g
ID tip
Breeding adult males have a rust-colored body with a black face and mottled wings. Adult females, winter males, and juveniles have a barred brownish gray body, with two horizontal, dark-colored stripes running through the buff-colored face.
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When to see the Masked Duck
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Masked Duck
The map shades 32 countries with regular records, and 4 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 States, Belize, Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands.
About the Masked Duck
The masked duck is a tiny stiff-tailed duck ranging through the tropical Americas.
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Easily confused with
African Pygmy GooseNettapus auritusThe African pygmy goose is one of the smallest of the perching ducks, and it has the average weight of about 285 grams (10.1 oz) for males and 260 grams (9.2 oz) for females.
Baikal TealSibirionetta formosaThe Baikal teal has a height of 30–40 cm (11.75–15.75 in), and a weighs an average of 500 g (1 lb).
Black-headed DuckHeteronetta atricapillaThe black-headed duck is the most basal living member of its subfamily, and it lacks the stiff tail and swollen bill of its relatives.
Side by side: Baikal Teal vs Masked Duck · African Pygmy Goose vs Masked Duck · Black-headed Duck vs Masked Duck
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