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Redhead

Aythya americana

Classification

Class
Aves
Family
Anatidae

Red hair, also known as ginger hair, is a human hair color found in 2–6% of people of Northwestern European ancestry, typically those of Celtic ancestry, and smaller amounts in other populations. It is most common in individuals homozygous for a recessive allele on chromosome 16 that produces an altered version of the MC1R protein. Red hair varies in hue from a deep burgundy or bright copper, or auburn, to burnt orange or red-orange to strawberry blond.

Distribution

(c) Terry Woodward, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Germany · 1United Kingdom · 1