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  Ruddy Shelducks

 

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Ruddy Shelducks near a hotel garden pool in Loei province. The bird in front is a male juvenile, the one in the back an adult male in breeding plumage.

 

In the breeding season, the male (in the back) has a black ring at the bottom of the neck, which is absent in the female (in the center). Females also have a paler head with a whiter face. The young male (in the front) has a less distinct neck-ring.

 

  Ruddy Shelducks

 

  Ruddy Shelducks

 

This species of duck is in India known as the Brahminy Duck and in Thailand as the Burmese Duck.

LIST OF THAI ANIMAL NAMES INDEX BIRDS OF THE ORIENT WILDLIFE PICTURE