#0875 · 🐦 birds

White-headed Duck

🇳🇱 Witkopeend ·Oxyura leucocephala

ENendangered 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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1. © Otgonbayar Tsend · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Vyacheslav Luzanov · CC BY-NC 4.0
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what is it?

The white-headed duck ( Oxyura leucocephala ) is a small stiff-tailed duck some 45 cm (18 in) long. The male has a white head with black crown, a blue bill, and reddish-grey plumage. The female has a dark bill and rather duller colouring. Its breeding habitat is lakes with open water and dense vegetation at the margin. It dives under water and feeds on aquatic vegetation as well as some animal matter. It is more likely to swim away from...

base stats

NL sightings 8iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,610iNaturalist observations
weight 737 gadult, up to
threat ENendangered

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).