Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Nomonyx dominicus
Pato enmascarado, Masked Duck
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Anseriformes
Family
Anatidae
Genus
Nomonyx
Species
dominicus
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Oxyura dominica Linnaeus, 1766.
Origin: Vagrant
Distribution: A record on El Junco lagoon, San Cristóbal in 1994, and other on El Chato lagoon, Santa Cruz in 2003.
- Freile, J.F. Santander, T., Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G., Carrasco, L., Cisneros-Heredia, D., Guevara, E., Sánchez-Nivicela, M., Tinoco, B. (2019) Lista Roja de las aves del Ecuador Quito, Ecuador. 97 pp.
- Swash, A. Still, R. (2000) Birds, mammals, and reptiles of the Galapagos Islands, an identification guide. Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, 168 pp.
- Wiedenfeld, D.A. (2006) Aves, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Check List 2006 2(2): 1-27.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Nomonyx dominicus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5122. Accessed 31 October 2026.