{"id":17389,"date":"2012-07-17T14:14:55","date_gmt":"2012-07-17T12:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/white-headed-duck-oxyura-leucocephala\/"},"modified":"2024-11-20T08:51:26","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T07:51:26","slug":"white-headed-duck-oxyura-leucocephala","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/ducks\/white-headed-duck-oxyura-leucocephala\/","title":{"rendered":"White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The White-headed Duck (Oxyura leucocephala) is a small stiff-tailed duck. This duck breeds in Spain and North Africa, with a larger population in western and central Asia. Their breeding habitat is large tracts of open water with dense stands of aquatic plants to provide cover and nesting sites.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-74-17389\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-9790\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/white-headed-duck-oxyura-leucocephala\/white_headed_duck_2_wm.jpg\" title=\"White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala\" alt=\"White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/white-headed-duck-oxyura-leucocephala\/thumbs\/thumbs_white_headed_duck_2_wm.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-9789\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/white-headed-duck-oxyura-leucocephala\/white_headed_duck_1_wm.jpg\" title=\"White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala\" alt=\"White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/white-headed-duck-oxyura-leucocephala\/thumbs\/thumbs_white_headed_duck_1_wm.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-9788\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a 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