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Female White-Headed Duck - Oxyura leucocephala

A small dabbling duck which differs from the male by lacking the white head with a black crown and blue bill. Fond of lakes that have open water with dense vegetation at the margins. Can be found from North America, Asia, and Central Asia. This bird is status is rated as endangered due its declining loss of habitat and pollution.

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Uploaded on March 18, 2021
Taken on February 25, 2020