#0745 · 🐦 birds

Ruddy Duck

🇳🇱 Rosse stekelstaart ·Oxyura jamaicensis

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands (introduced)

8 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Chris Fisher · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Jacob Collison · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © aguilargm · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © David Ruíz Domínguez · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © dplawrance · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
6. © Andrew Thomas · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Renee · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © BJ Stacey · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

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.

base stats

NL sightings 65iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 61,152iNaturalist observations
weight 590 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).