Nomonyx dominicus

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• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Physical Description

Habitat

Typically found in a lake at a mean distance from sea level of 210 meters (689 feet).[1]

Ecology: List of Habitats :

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.7     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level   
  
•     5     Wetlands (inland)   
  
•     5.4     Wetlands (inland) - Bogs , Marshes, Swamps , Fens , Peatlands   
  
•     5.5     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)   
  
•     5.7     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)   
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Biology

Diet

Mostly:

Plant Matter

Lesser Quantities of: Aquatic Invertebrates

Reproduction

• Clutch Size: 4-10
• Length of Incubation : 28 days
• Number of Broods: 1

Migration

Nonmigratory

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Nomonyx dominica • Nomonyx dominica (Linnaeus) • Nomonyx dominica (Linnaeus) , 1766 • Nomonyx dominica (Linnaeus, 1766) • Nomonyx dominicus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 23-Jan-2007

Similar Species

Ruddy Duck

Members of the genus Nomonyx

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species and subspecies in this genus:

N. dominica (Masked Duck) · N. dominicus (Masked Duck)

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Further Reading

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• A history of the game birds, wild-fowl and shore birds of Massachusetts and adjacent states: including those used for food which have disappeared since the settlement of the country, and those which are now hunted for food or sport, with observations on their former abundance and recent decre Boston: Wright & Potter printing company, state printers, 1912. url p. 169, p. 169, p. 618, p. 618.
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Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• BirdLife International 2004. Nomonyx dominicus. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 21 October 2006.
• BirdLife International 2009. Nomonyx dominicus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 02February2012.
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• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 08, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
• Hines, J. E., Gregory Gough, J. R. Sauer, et al. USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 08, 2008:

• Avian Knowledge Network: eBird
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• UNIBIO, IBUNAM: CNAV/Coleccion Nacional de Aves

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-554350
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13840518
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 554350
• IUCN ID: 226992
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ABNJB22020
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 13357

Footnotes

1. Standard Deviation = 395.580 based on 87 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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