Andean Duck (Oxyura ferruginea)

Andean Duck (Oxyura ferruginea)

About Andean Duck (Oxyura ferruginea)

Kingdom: Animals
Phylum: Chordates
Class: Birds
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks

Red List Category

Least Concern

Red List Criteria

Version

3.1

Year Assessed

2014

Assessor/s

BirdLife International

Reviewer/s

Butchart, S.

Contributor/s

Justification

This species has an extremely large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence <20,000 km2 combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). Despite the fact that the population trend appears to be decreasing, the decline is not believed to be sufficiently rapid to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years or three generations). The population size is moderately small to very large, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (<10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

Lifelists

Trips

Visits

2006-11-21

Parque National Cajas, Ecuador

In the lake next to the visitor's center ssp. ferruginea
2006-12-14

Lagunas Mojandas, Ecuador
2016-09-07

Urubamba, Peru
2019-06-24

Parque Nacional Lauca, Chile
2019-06-25

Parque Nacional Lauca, Chile
2023-02-06

Parque La Florida, Colombia