Dec 11

Bird of the day

Masked duck

Nomonyx dominicus

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

Breeding adult males have a rust-colored body with a black face and mottled wings. Adult females, winter males, and juveniles have a barred brownish gray body, with two horizontal, dark-colored stripes running through the buff-colored face.

Aliases

Oxyura dominica, Masked Duck

Range

Range map of White-winged tanager