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White-headed duck

Oxyura leucocephala

84Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
6Counties with records
EndangeredIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan13
Feb5
Mar1
Apr3
May3
Jun9
Jul7
Aug4
Sep24
Oct2
Nov7
Dec0

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England17
2Cambridgeshire England9
3Northamptonshire England7
4Kent England1
5Rutland England1
6Bath and North East Somerset England1
74 England

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 6 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
84
Peak month
September
Counties with records
6
IUCN Red List
Endangered
Scientific name
Oxyura leucocephala
Group
Birds
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Anseriformes
Family
Anatidae
Genus
Oxyura
Name with authority
Oxyura leucocephala (Scopoli, 1769)
Described
1769

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q241399 · GBIF 2498302