Adult males have a chestnut body, a blue bill and a black head. Adult females have a grey-brown body, with a dark grey bill and a dark brown crown, nape and cheek stripe.
The Maccoa Duck is classified as Near Threatened (NT), is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future.
The Maccoa Duck (Oxyura maccoa) is a small (48-51 cm) long African stiff-tailed duck. Adult males have a chestnut body, a blue bill and a black head. Adult females have a grey-brown body, with a dark grey bill and a dark brown crown, nape and cheek stripe. This duck breeds in two main areas: eastern Africa from Sudan and Ethiopia to Tanzania and west to eastern Zaire, and southern Africa from Zimbabwe to Cape Province, South Africa. More
Maccoa duck female, Strandfontein Sewerage Works, Western Cape, South Africa. Oxyura maccoa (Maccoa duck) Immature Maccoa duck. A diving duck with distinctive stiff tail that it either keeps flat with the water surface or sticks up in the air. It is the only stiff-tailed duck species in the region. More
Maccoa Duck is part of stiff-tailed Ducks. It has long stiff tail feathers erected at 45° when the bird is at rest. It also has a large swollen blue bill. Maccoa Duck male in breeding plumage has chestnut body. Stiff tail is blackish. Seen in flight, upper wings are dark brown and under wings greyish white. Belly and undertail feathers are whitish. Back and rump are spotted with grey. Head and neck are black. More
Information on the maccoa duck is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly. Authentication - This information is awaiting authentication by a species expert, and will be updated as soon as possible. If you are able to help please contact: arkive@wildscreen.org.uk References - 1. IUCN Red List (October, 2009) http://www.iucnredlist. More
Maccoa Ducks are sparsely distributed in southern Africa. In Botswana there were a few records of this duck during the 1970s and early 1980s from Jwaneng, Nata, Moshaneng and Pitsane. Subsequently, Maccoas were found to be regular in southeastern and eastern Botswana with breeding proven at Jwaneng Golf Club dam and on several small pans. They are absent from the Okavango Delta and Chobe River but occasionally occur in the Makgadikgadi area. More
maccoa duck kruger national park birds The Maccoa Duck (Latin name Oxyura maccoa) is described in Roberts Birds of Southern Africa, 7th Edition. This bird has a unique Roberts number of 117 and you will find a full description of this bird on page 89 also a picture of the Maccoa Duck on page 96. The Maccoa Duck belongs to the family of birds classified as Dendrocygnidae. The map of the Kruger you see on this page shows the areas (coloured orange) where this bird has been identified. More
less than 10 Maccoa Ducks at the Eluanata-Nanja wetland. All but one appeared to be either female or immature, as no really obvious males were present, at least within my 42X scope range from the southern shoreline. NB: I checked carefully for differences about the head and bill: i.e. shape, pattern, tone and colouration. Only one bird stood out as different and that was at the very beginning and (he?) disappeared almost immediately. More