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Species
Least ConcernArgentine blue-billed duck
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderAnseriformes
- FamilyAnatidae
Habitatfreshwater
via IUCN
Wikidata facts
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Oxyura vittata
- Commons category
- Oxyura vittata
- Commons gallery
- Oxyura vittata
- taxon common name
- pato-de-rabo-alçado-patagónico
- litter size
- 3.9
- egg incubation period
- 23
- taxon range
- South America
- short name
- O. vittata
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Encyclopedic overview
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 lake duck, or Argentine ruddy duck.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lake Duck” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.