| Maccoa duck | |
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| O. maccoa, male | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Anseriformes |
| Family: | Anatidae |
| Genus: | Oxyura |
| Species: | O. maccoa
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| Binomial name | |
| Oxyura maccoa | |
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| Oxyura maccoa range
Extant (resident)
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The Maccoa duck (Oxyura maccoa) is a stiff-tailed diving duck found across Eastern and Southern Africa.[4]
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- ^ Eyton, T.C. (1838). A monograph on the Anatidæ or Duck Tribe. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman. p. 169.
- ^ Carboneras, Carles; Kirwan, Guy M.; Sharpe, Chris (2020-03-04), Del Hoyo, Josep; Elliott, Andrew; Sargatal, Jordi; Christie, David; De Juana, Eduardo (eds.), "Maccoa Duck (Oxyura maccoa)", Birds of the World, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, doi:10.2173/bow.macduc1.01, S2CID 242140384, retrieved 2020-10-06