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Ruddy Duck [jamaicensis]

Oxyura jamaicensis [jamaicensis] (= Oxyura jamaicensis jamaicensis) (Gmelin, JF 1789)

The ruddy duck 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". Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Anseriformes
Family:
  Anatidae
Genus:
   Oxyura
Scientific:
  Oxyura jamaicensis jamaicensis


Original description

Citation:
  (Gmelin, JF 1789)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 13, vol. 1, part 2 1 pt2 p.519

Protonym:
  Anas jamaicensis

Type locality:
  Jamaica.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2656012


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  CD7DC84B28AE24C8

Avibase ID:
  avibase-CD7DC84B

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/CD7DC84B


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 714751

Geographic range:

  • Oxyura jamaicensis [jamaicensis or rubida]: interior northwestern North America (southwestern Canada to Mexico); West Indies
  • Oxyura jamaicensis andina: central and eastern Andes of Colombia
English:
Ruddy Duck [jamaicensis]
Czech:
kachnice kaštanová ssp. jamaicensis/ssp. adina
German:
Schwarzkopfruderente (jamaicensis/andina)
Spanish:
Malvasía Canela (jamaicensis/andina)
Spanish (Spain):
Malvasía Canela (jamaicensis/andina)
French:
Érismature rousse [jamaicensis]
Hungarian:
Halcsontfarkú réce (halcsontfarkú)
Japanese (romaji):
akaotategamo (jamaicensis/andina)
Japanese:
アカオタテガモ (jamaicensis/andina)
Dutch:
Rosse Stekelstaart (jamaicensis/andina)
Norwegian:
stivhaleand (jamaicensis/andina)
Polish:
sterniczka jamajska (ssp. jamaicensis/andina)
Portuguese (Portugal):
Pato-rabo-alçado-americano (jamaicensis/andina)
Swedish:
amerikansk kopparand


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 41st suppl.):
Ruddy Duck ( Oxyura jamaicensis)
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (1998):
Ruddy Duck ( Oxyura jamaicensis)
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 42nd suppl.):
Ruddy Duck ( Oxyura jamaicensis)
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 43rd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 44th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 45th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 46th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 47th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 48th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 49th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 50th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 51st suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 52nd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 53rd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 54th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 55th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 56th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 57th suppl.):
Ruddy Duck ( Oxyura jamaicensis)
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 58th suppl.):
Ruddy Duck ( Oxyura jamaicensis)
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 59th suppl.):
Ruddy Duck ( Oxyura jamaicensis)
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 60th suppl.):
Ruddy Duck ( Oxyura jamaicensis)
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl.):
Ruddy Duck ( Oxyura jamaicensis)
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl. and addendum):
Ruddy Duck ( Oxyura jamaicensis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Ruddy Duck [jamaicensis] ( Oxyura jamaicensis [jamaicensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Ruddy Duck [jamaicensis] ( Oxyura jamaicensis [jamaicensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Ruddy Duck [jamaicensis] ( Oxyura jamaicensis [jamaicensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Ruddy Duck ( Oxyura jamaicensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Ruddy Duck ( Oxyura jamaicensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Ruddy Duck ( Oxyura jamaicensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Ruddy Duck ( Oxyura jamaicensis) [version 1]
British Ornithologists' Union Checklist (7th edition):
Oxyura jamaicensis jamaicensis [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Érismature rousse ( Oxyura jamaicensis) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Érismature rousse ( Oxyura jamaicensis) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Ruddy Duck ( Oxyura jamaicensis) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Ruddy Duck ( Oxyura jamaicensis) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Ruddy Duck ( Oxyura jamaicensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Ruddy Duck ( Oxyura jamaicensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Ruddy Duck ( Oxyura jamaicensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition:
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
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eBird version 1.50:
Ruddy Duck (Ruddy) ( Oxyura jamaicensis jamaicensis/andina) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
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eBird version 1.53:
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eBird version 2015:
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eBird version 2016:
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eBird version 2017:
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Ruddy Duck ( Oxyura jamaicensis) [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Ruddy Duck ( Oxyura jamaicensis) [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Ruddy Duck ( Oxyura jamaicensis) [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Oxyura jamaicensis [version 2]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Ruddy Duck ( Oxyura jamaicensis) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Ruddy Duck ( Oxyura jamaicensis) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Ruddy Duck ( Oxyura jamaicensis) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Oxyura jamaicensis [version 2]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Oxyura jamaicensis [version 2]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Oxyura jamaicensis

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Related taxa

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.


Catalan: Ànec de jamaica, Ànnera de Jamaica, Malvasia de Jamaica
Catalan (Balears): Ànnera de Jamaica
Montenegrin: crnoglava patka, цноглава патка
Montenegrin (Cyrillic): цноглава патка
Cree: peesekotaskooay
Cree, Plains: peesekotaskooay
Czech: Kachnice kaštanová, kachnice kaštanová ssp. jamaicensis/ssp. adina, Ruddy Duck
Chuvash: Америка савки
Welsh: Hwyaden goch
Danish: Amerikansk skarveand
German: Schwarzkopfruderente, Schwarzkopf-Ruderente, Schwarzkopfruderente (jamaicensis/andina)
English: North American Ruddy Duck, Ruddy Duck, Ruddy Duck (Ruddy), Ruddy Duck [jamaicensis], Sleepy Duck
Esperanto: Jamaika anaso, Jamajka anaso
Spanish: Malvasía Canela, Malvasía Canela (jamaicensis/andina), Malvasía Rojiza, Pato Cariblanco, Pato Chorizo, Pato Espinoso, Pato Malvasia de Cara Blanca, Pato rana de pico ancho, pato telpalcate, Pato Tepalcate, Pato zambullidor grande
Spanish (Argentine): Pato zambullidor grande
Spanish (Chile): Pato rana de pico ancho
Spanish (Colombia): Pato andino
Spanish (Cuba): Pato Chorizo
Spanish (Dominican Rep.): Pato Espinoso
Spanish (Spain): Malvasía Canela, Malvasía Canela (jamaicensis/andina)
Spanish (Mexico): pato telpalcate, Pato Tepalcate, Pato Tepalcate (jamaicensis/andina)
Spanish (Nicaragua): Pato Cariblanco
Spanish (Peru): Pato Rana
Spanish (Puerto Rico): Pato Chorizo
Estonian: Valgepõsk-händpart
Basque: Ahate herdoiltsua, Ànec de Jamaica
Finnish: kuparisorsa, Kuparivartti, Kupariviuhkasorsa
Faroese: Tonut skarvsont
French: Canard roux, Erismature rousse, Érismature rousse, Érismature rousse (jamaicensis), Érismature rousse (nominal), Érismature rousse [jamaicensis ou andina], Érismature rousse [jamaicensis]
Irish: Lacha Rua
Galician: Ànec de Jamaica, Malvasía americana
Haitian Creole French: Kanna plonjon
Hebrew: צחראש אדמוני
Hungarian: Feketefeju halcsontfarkú réce, Feketefejű halcsontfarkú réce, Halcsontfarkú réce, Halcsontfarkú réce (halcsontfarkú)
Icelandic: Hrókönd
Italian: Gobbo della Giamaica, Gobbo rugginoso americano
Japanese (romaji): akaotategamo, akaotategamo (jamaicensis/andina)
Japanese: アカオタテガモ, アカオタテガモ (jamaicensis/andina)
Kazakh: қатты құйрықты үйрек
North Karelian: vaškišorša
Kirghiz: Америка чортумшугу
Scientific: Anas jamaicensis, Oxyura jamaicensis, Oxyura jamaicensis [jamaicensis], Oxyura jamaicensis jamaicensis, Oxyura jamaicensis jamaicensis/andina
Lithuanian: Amerikinė stačiauodegė, Baltaskruostė stačiauodegė
Latvian: Jamaikas zilknābis
Maltese: borka ħamranija, papra ħamranija, papra l-ħamra
Dutch: Rosse Stekelstaart, Rosse Stekelstaart (jamaicensis/andina), Rosse Stekelstaarteend
Norwegian: Stivhaleand, stivhaleand (jamaicensis/andina)
Livvi (Olonets Karelian): jouččenen, jouččenet, joučen
Polish: sterniczka jamajska, sterniczka jamajska (ssp. jamaicensis/andina)
Portuguese: Pato-rabo-alçado-americano
Portuguese (Portugal): Pato-rabo-alçado-americano, Pato-rabo-alçado-americano (jamaicensis/andina)
Romansh: anda sprezia dal chau nair
Russian: Американская савка
Slovak: potáplica bielolíca, Potápnica bielolíca
Slovenian: belolicna trdorepka, belolična trdorepka
Serbian: Crnoglava plavokljuna patka
Swedish: Amerikansk kopparand
Turkish: Kara Başlı Dikkuyruk, Kara-başlı Dikkuyruk
Ukrainian: Савка американська
Uzbek: Америка савкаси
Chinese: 棕硬尾鸭
Chinese (Traditional): 棕硬尾鴨

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