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| Query: Ruddy duck | Result: 2nd of 42 | |
Argentine Ruddy Duck
| Subject: | Argentine Ruddy Duck
| | Poster: | "Alan Hill" (1@alan-hill.freeserve.co.uk)
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File date : 1999:11:14 09:00:00
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Posted Newsgroups: alt.binaries.pictures.animals
Posted Date: Sat, 13 Nov 1999 15:10:15 -0000 |
Drake Argentine Ruddy Duck at the Cotswold Wildlife Park, Burford.
For personal/educational use only.
Alan Hill
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| The ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) is a duck from North America and the Andes Mountains of South America, one of the stiff-tailed ducks. The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek oxus, "sharp", and oura, "tail", and jamaicensis is Jamaica. |
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Scientific Name: Oxyura jamaicensis (Gmelin, 1789)
Common Names: Ruddy Duck
French: Érismature rousse; German: Schwarzkopf-Ruderente; Spanish: Malvasía canela, Pato tepalcate
Taxonomy: Anas jamaicensis J. F. Gmelin, 1789, Jamaica.
Synonyms: Erismatura jamaicensis |
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