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 Translation for 'ruddy duck' from English to Bulgarian
NOUN   a ruddy duck | ruddy ducks / ruddy duck
SYNO Oxyura jamaicensis | ruddy duck
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ruddy duck {noun} [Oxyura jamaicensis]
ямайска потапница {ж}
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ruddy duck {noun} [Oxyura jamaicensis]
американска тръноопашата потапница {ж}
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torrent duck {noun} [Merganetta armata]
андска шпореста патица {ж}
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ferruginous duck {noun} [Aythya nyroca]
белоока потапница {ж}
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red-billed duck {noun} [Anas erythrorhyncha]
червеноклюно бърне {ср}
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long-tailed duck {noun} [Clangula hyemalis]
ледена потапница {ж}
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falcated duck {noun} [Mareca falcata, syn.: Anas falcata]
сърпокрила патица {ж}
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Usage Examples English
  • This is now considered to be a synonym of "Anas jamaicensis" Gmelin 1789, the ruddy duck.
  • Noteworthy birds include blue-crowned motmot, yellow-eared parrot, Fuertes's parrot, rufous-fronted parakeet, Andean condor, brown-banded antpitta and ruddy duck.
  • Navy ship named for the North American ruddy duck.
  • This was the second time the reed bed had been targeted, the previous attack seven years earlier having occurred shortly after threats were made by animal rights activists protesting against a cull of ruddy duck.
  • Hybrids between the ruddy duck and white-headed duck are undesirable in parts of Europe where the introduced ruddy duck has bred with native white-headed ducks.

  • Lake Tota is a breeding ground for several threatened or endangered bird species, including the least bittern ("Ixobrychus exilis bogotensis"), the Colombian ruddy duck ("Oxyura jamaicensis andina"), the Bogotá rail ("Rallus semiplumbeus") and Apolinar's wren ("Cistothorus apolinari").
  • He proposed the first set of designs with art by Bob Hines and designed the ruddy duck stamp of 1941-42.
  • The lake is a place to discover birds like Andean avocet, Andean lapwing, cattle egret, horned coot, Puna teal, ruddy duck and yellow-billed pintail.
  • For example, hybridization between Introduced mallards and the native Hawaiian duck ("koloa maoli") and between the rarest European duck (the white-headed duck) and the invasive North American ruddy duck may result in the extinction of the native species.
  • Ruddy blue represents the coloring of the beak of the ruddy duck.

  • The females and immature males are grey birds with chestnut foreheads and crowns, and can be confused at a distance with the ruddy duck; they are often known as "redhead" smew.
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