Ruddy ducks & other stifftails : their behavior and biology /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Johnsgard, Paul A.
Imprint:	Norman, Okla. : University of Oklahoma Press, 1996.
Description:	xiv, 291 p.
Language:	English
Series:	Animal natural history series ; v. 1
Subject:	Oxyura. Anatidae. Anatidae. Oxyura.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2422183

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Varying Form of Title:	Ruddy ducks and other stifftails
Other authors / contributors:	Carbonell, Montserrat.
ISBN:	0806127996 (alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Preface / Paul A. Johnsgard
Preface / Montserrat Carbonell
1. Stifftail Evolution and Taxonomy
2. Morphology, Anatomy, and Plumages
3. General Behavior and Ecology
4. Comparative Social and Sexual Behavior
5. Reproductive and Population Biology
6. Black-Headed Duck: Heteronetta atricapilla Merrem 1841
7. Masked Duck: Oxyura dominica (L.) 1766
8. Ruddy Duck: Oxyura jamaicensis (Gmelin) 1789
9. Maccoa Duck: Oxyura maccoa Smith 1837
10. Argentine Blue-Billed Duck: Oxyura vittata (Philippi) 1860
11. Australian Blue-Billed Duck: Oxyura australis Gould 1836
12. White-Headed Duck: Oxyura leucocephala (Scopoli) 1769
13. Musk Duck: Biziura lobata (Shaw) 1796
Appendix: Key to In-Hand Species Identification of Stiff-Tailed Ducks and the Freckled Duck.

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