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andean ruddy duck

Oxyura jamaicensis

Description:

this duck was taken at puerto lago, otavalo. Adult males have a rust-red body, a blue bill, and a white face with a black cap. Adult females have a grey-brown body with a greyish face with a darker bill, cap and a cheek stripe. The southern subspecies ferruginea is occasionally considered a distinct species. It is separable by its all-black face and larger size. The subspecies andina has a varying amount of black coloration on its white face; it may in fact be nothing more than a hybrid population between the North American and the Andean Ruddy Duck

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SusanEllison
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SusanEllison

Imbabura, Ecuador

Spotted on Jan 13, 2013
Submitted on Feb 5, 2013

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