Lake Duck
Oxyura vittata(Philippi, RA, 1860)
English (US) Lake Duck
The Lake Duck (Oxyura vittata) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Anatidae (Ducks, Swans, and Geese) in the order Anseriformes.
Range: breeds southern Argentina and Chile; winters northward to southern Brazil and ParaguayRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Oxyura vittata
- Order
- Anseriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Lake Duck
- Described by
- (Philippi, RA, 1860)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Erismatura vittata
- Described by
- (Philippi, RA, 1860)
- Type locality
- Chile.
- Original description
- Archiv für Naturgeschichte 26 p.26
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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