Masked duck

Masked duck
Adult males, Tobago
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Genus: Nomonyx
Ridgway, 1880
Species:
N. dominicus
Binomial name
Nomonyx dominicus
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Synonyms
  • Anas dominica Linnaeus, 1766
  • Oxyura dominica (Linnaeus, 1766)

The masked duck (Nomonyx dominicus) is a tiny stiff-tailed duck ranging through the tropical Americas.

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