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The chubut steamer duck, aka white-headed flightless steamer duck, Falkland steamer duck, or white-headed steamer duck, is a flightless duck that hails from Argentina. These ducks face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of mining and oil drilling; hunting; trapping; overfishing; recreational activities, that interrupt their […]

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The blue-winged teal is a water bird that hails from the duck, swan, and goose family “Anatidae”. They are among the smaller members of the dabbling duck group. They can be found in Canada, United States, Mexico, Central America, and northern South America. Without many threats, sans some habitat loss […]

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The Barrow’s goldeneye is a mid-sized sea-faring duck with quite a spaced out distribution. These critters can be found in Canada, Iceland, United States, and possibly Scotland. These ducks face many threats such as habitat loss and destruction at the hands of residential and commercial developments, logging, fires, and fire […]

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The American wigeon, aka baldpate, is a species of dabbling duck (ducks that feed at the surface, rather than diving) that can be found throughout Canada, United States, Mexico, Central America, South America, and even northeastern Russia. Sans the potential for habitat loss and destruction, these ducks don’t face many […]

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The muscovy duck, aka, Barbary duck, can be found in United States, Mexico, Central and South America. They prefer forested swamps, lakes, rivers, streams, wetlands, wet forests, grasslands, and agricultural crops. With no severe threats, sans habitat loss, these ducks are listed as Least Concern. But their populations are decreasing […]

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The hooded merganser can be found through Canada, United States, and the northern tip of Mexico. These are the second smallest merganser, after the smew of Europe and Asia. These water birds prefer smaller estuaries, ponds, impoundments, large wetlands, rivers, and flooded timberlands. With an increasing population of an estimated […]

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Found throughout many parts of the world, the mallard duck is a common sight. They prefer marshes, ponds, lakes, rivers, wetlands, and flooded habitats. Mallard ducks face the threats of habitat destruction, hunting, water pollution, lead and mercury poisoning, yet remain abundant. They are listed as Least Concern by the […]

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The blue duck, aka whio – pronounced “fee-oh” (Maori name), hails from the North and South Islands of New Zealand, in the west of the South Island, in Otago and Southland, and in the central North Island within certain national parks. They prefer alpine river habitats; cascading, bush-lined rivers, streams […]

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Being the largest member of the duck and goose family, it’s the swan. These beautiful creatures have been depicted in movies like: The Trumpet of the Swan, Ugly Duckling, and Black Swan (to name a few). The most commonly thought of swan is the mute swan. These birds are actually […]

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Per special request, I am doing an article on the duck. These birds are related to swans and geese. They are mostly aquatic birds living in both freshwater and saltwater habitats and they are found on every continent except for Antarctica. But then, not much does live in Antarctica, right? […]

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