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ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
Subject: ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
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ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)


Plate 343 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting Ruddy Duck.
Date 1827-1838
Source University of Pittsburgh
Author John James Audubon (1785–1851)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:343_Ruddy_Duck.jpg

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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