White-headed Duck (Oxyura leucocephala) Science Article 2 abstract The White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals.It is also listed on Annex I of the European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds (79/409/EEC) (BirdsDirective), on Appendix II of the Convention on the Conservation of European […]
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Conservation of the globally threatened white-headed duck,Oxyura leucocephala, in the face of hybridization with the NorthAmerican ruddy duck, Oxyura jamaicensis: results of a control trial
White-headed Duck (Oxyura leucocephala) Science Article 1 abstract The North American ruddy duck, introduced into Europe in the 1960s, threatens the globally endangered whiteheadedduck with extinction through hybridization. A regional control trial, conducted in three areas of Britain, killed over 2,600birds and led to a significant regional reduction in ruddy duck numbers. Control using firearms […]
Multi-annual spatial and numeric dynamics of the white-headed duck Oxyura leucocephala in southern Europe: seasonality, density dependence and climatic variability
White-headed Duck (Oxyura leucocephala) Science Article 3 abstract A statistical model is developed for the globally threatened white-headed duck during its regional expansion throughout Spain from 1980 to 2000; the model estimates the relative intrinsic, climatic and stochastic effects on population fluctuations and spatial expansion on several time-scales. Facing the current lack of knowledge on […]
White-headed Duck (Oxyura leucocephala)
[order] ANSERIFORMES | [family] Anatidae | [latin] Oxyura leucocephala | [authority] Scopoli, 1769 | [UK] White-headed Duck | [FR] Erismature a tete blanche | [DE] Weisskopf-Ruderente | [ES] Malvasia Cabeciblanca | [NL] Witkopeend Subspecies Monotypic species Genus The stiff-tailed ducks are part of the Oxyurinae subfamily of ducks. All have, as their name implies, long […]