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Ruddy Duck - (Oxyura jamaicensis) 

Identification

  • Large white chest 
  • Male: rust colored, blue bill, black cap
  • Female and winter male: grey
  • 15" (39 cm)

Habitat

  • Ponds, lakes

Additional Information

  • Very rare KVR migrant

Female Ruddy Duck on water

Pair of Ruddy Ducks on water

The Kickapoo Reserve Management Board acknowledges that the state and federal lands that comprise the Reserve fall within the ancestral homelands of First Nations people including the Hooçak Nation. We recognize the sovereignty of the Hooçak and other First Nations and will work towards a shared future by continuing to create collaborative opportunities to protect and preserve these lands.

Kickapoo Valley Reserve | S3661 State Highway 131 | La Farge, Wisconsin 54639 
Phone: 608-625-2960 | FAX: 608-625-2962
kickapoo.reserve@krm.state.wi.us

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