Species group · Birds
Stiff-tailed Ducks
WAnimals has 2 species of stiff-tailed duck, all in the family Anatidae.
- 2 species
- 1 family
- 38 countries
- 33 parks
- Weight
- 300 g – 800 g
- Length
- 35 cm – 48 cm
Ranges calculated from the entries that record the figure, not from all 2.
All 2 species of stiff-tailed ducks on WAnimals
Each one has its own full entry. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.
Conservation status
No species documented in this group is genuinely at risk according to the IUCN, with the data available today.
See the global conservation statusWhere they live
Recorded in 38 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:
Where to see them
Did you know…
It came to the brink of extinction in Spain, down to 22 birds in 1977; today it is a recovery story.
From White-Headed Duck
Its recovery is one of the great successes of Spanish conservation: from a few dozen birds in the 1970s to a viable population, thanks to the protection of the Andalusian lagoons and a captive breeding programme begun at Doñana in 1984 that was already releasing 41 ducklings by 1989.
From White-Headed Duck
It rarely flies: taking off needs a long run across the water, and faced with danger it would rather dive.
From White-Headed Duck
Its courtship is more elaborate and more striking than that of the white-headed duck, and the females of that species seem particularly drawn to it: that is the root of the hybridisation problem.
From Ruddy Duck
It reached Europe from a British collection: escapes and releases in the early 1950s, first wild breeding in 1960, and exponential spread ever since.
From Ruddy Duck
It appears on the GEIB list of the twenty most damaging invasive species present in Spain.
From Ruddy Duck