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Andean Duck Oxyura ferruginea

Status.

Category: Not on any BOU list.

Native Range

South America. The Andes from Columbia to Tierra del Fuego.

Conservation Status

Least Concern

British Occurrence

NBN atlas has 8 records as at end 2024. Map Here.

Nottinghamshire has recorded two, both males; one at Holme Pierrepont from 24th May to 27th July 1998 and the other at the nearby Netherfield Lagoons from 12th October 2008 to 17th October 2009.

Notes

This is the South American counterpart of the North American Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)

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Sources

Reece et. al. The Birds of Nottinghamshire 2019.