---
title: "Argentijnse stekelstaart"
description: "Oxyura vittata — Vogels. The lake duck (Oxyura vittata) is a small, South American stiff-tailed duck."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/lake-duck
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Argentijnse stekelstaart

> Oxyura vittata — Vogels. The lake duck (Oxyura vittata) is a small, South American stiff-tailed duck.

- Scientific name: *Oxyura vittata*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 2881
- Wikidata: [Q646048](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q646048)
- iNaturalist taxon: [7077](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/7077)

## Names

- en: Lake Duck
- de: Bindenruderente
- es: Pato zambullidor chico
- fr: Érismature ornée
- nl: Argentijnse stekelstaart
- pl: Sterniczka argentyńska

## Countries with the most observations

AR (2283), CL (419), UY (28), BR (6)

## Summary

The lake duck (Oxyura vittata) is a small, South American stiff-tailed duck. It is also called the Argentine blue-bill, Argentine blue-billed duck, Argentine lake duck, or Argentine ruddy duck.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_duck

## Photo

![Argentijnse stekelstaart](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/lake-duck/medium.jpg)

Photo: Gustavo Puente · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/185167079

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/lake-duck?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).