Species
Oxyura jamaicensis (Ruddy duck)
Oxyura jamaicensis. Photo: (c) Jacob Collison, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
The ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) is a duck from North America and one of the stiff-tailed ducks. The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek oxus, “sharp”, and oura, “tail”, and jamaicensis is “from Jamaica”. The Andean duck was considered a subspecies. In fact, some taxonomists, including the American Ornithological Society, still consider it conspecific. Subspecies: jamaicensis - North America including West Indies. andina - central Colombia. ferruginea - southern Colombia south to Chile.
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