[Animal Art - Maynard Reece] Ruddy Duck pair (Oxyura jamaicensis)

Newsgroups: alt.binaries.pictures.animals
Subject: Waterfowl 31 - cr_MaynardReece031.jpg
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 08:39:19 -0800

1973, oil on canvas

Two ruddy ducks have finally paired up after much courtship display by
the male, whose stout neck sometimes gives him the name "bullneck."

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Scientific Name: Oxyura jamaicensis (Gmelin, 1789) Common Name: Ruddy Duck Taxonomic Notes: Oxyura jamaicensis and O. ferruginea (incorporating andina) were previously lumped as O. jamaicensis following SACC, and before then were split as O. jamaicensis (incorporating andina) and O. ferruginea following Sibley and Monroe.

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