Luxurious gum [3] ( lat. Mareca sibilatrix ) - a species of birds from the family of ducks (Anatidae) [1] .
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Description
Unlike other twigs , the male and female are similar (only the male is often less bright) and the pairs are monogamous . This bird has a green head with a metallic tint, a gray beak with a black tip. Her breasts are covered with black and white feathers, and her sides are orange-brown. She has white cheeks and in front of her head, as well as white underwing. Length approximately 45 cm.
Omnivores.
Females lay 6 to 10 eggs.
Distribution
This twig lives in the south of South America : on the Falkland Islands , in Argentina , Uruguay and Chile , prefers fresh water lakes, swamps, lagoons and slow-flowing rivers. On the eve of winter, it flies to southeast Brazil .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Screamers, ducks, geese, swans : [ eng. ] / F. Gill & D. Donsker (Eds). // IOC World Bird List (v 9.1). - 2019 .-- DOI : 10.14344 / IOC.ML.9.1 . (Retrieved June 3, 2019) .
- ↑ Mareca sibilatrix . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . (Retrieved June 3, 2019) .
- ↑ Boehme R. L. , Flint V. E. The Bilingual Dictionary of Animal Names. Birds. Latin, Russian, English, German, French / Ed. ed. Acad. V. E. Sokolova . - M .: Rus. lang., "RUSSO", 1994. - S. 30. - 2030 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00643-0 .
Links
- Clements, James. (2007). The Clements Checklist of the Birds of the World . Cornell University Press, Ithaca.
- Sea World .