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White-Headed Duck

Educational resources on White-Headed Duck

White-Headed Duck or Oxyura leucocephala is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Endangered due to A1acde. IUCN Profile of the White-Headed Duck

Academic web links for the White-Headed Duck.


BIRDNET: Anseriformes species list
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala Maccoa Duck Oxyura maccoa Lake Duck Oxyura vittata Blue-billed Duck Oxyura australis Musk Duck Biziura lobata
www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET/splists/Anseriformescl.html

Population structure and loss of genetic diversity in the endangered ...
From our sample of Spanishhy-brids, 19 individuals had white-headed duck mtDNA, providing an opportunity to increase the total number of white-headed duck haplotypes sampled and
people.bu.edu/msoren/ConGen2005.pdf

ADW: Oxyura leucocephala: Classification
Oxyura leucocephala (white-headed duck) ...
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Oxyura_leucocephala.html

Checklist of Birds of Afghanistan
White-headed duck: Oxyura leucocephala: Eagles, Hawks and Allies: Accipitridae: Osprey: Pandion haliaetus: White-tailed eagle: Haliaeetus albicilla: Pallas’s sea eagle
fwie.fw.vt.edu/afghanistan/BirdChecklist.html

ADW: Oxyura jamaicensis: Information
Green, J. Dolz. 2000. The diets of the White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala, Ruddy Duck O. jamaicensis and their hybrids from Spain. Bird Study, 47: 275-284.
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Oxyura_jamaicensis.html

Data Set Incongruence and Correlated Character Evolution: An Example ...
Oxyura vittata LSUMNS B19175 (heart tissue) Australian blue-billed duck Australia South Australia, Cape Gantheaume Oxyura australis Conservation Park (50 ml blood) White-headed duck
mercury.bio.uaf.edu/~kevin_mccracken/reprints/syst-biol-48-683.pdf

August Mystery Birds
Immature male White-headed Duck has a dark head, but a different bill shape. Maccoa Duck from Africa and the dark headed race of Ruddy Duck from Peru (Oxyura jamaicensis
fog.ccsf.edu/~jmorlan/aug.htm

Sorenson Lab Publications
Population structure and loss of genetic diversity in the endangered white-headed duck, Oxyura leucocephala. Conservation Genetics 6: 999-1015.
people.bu.edu/msoren/pubs.html

Ornithological Checklist of India
Oxyura leucocephala w White-headed Duck Rhodonessa caryophyllacea r (ex) Pink-headed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos R Comb Duck
www.princeton.edu/~vivekt/indbird.html

ADW: Oxyura: Classification
... Oxyura leucocephala (white-headed duck)
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Oxyura.html







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