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DESCRIPTION: Ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis rubida) is a rather small duck, about 14 to 16 inches in length, with a thick neck and chunky body. A fan-shaped tail of stiff feathers is a distinguishing characteristic.
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Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
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The Ruddy Duck is from the order Anseriformes. Anseriformes are birds, with over 150 species belonging to this order.
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Ruddy ducks (Oxyura jamaicensis) are stocky swimmers generally only reaching 14 to 16 inches long and they weigh little more than a pound. In winter both male and female are a gray brown color with black crown and nape.
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Ruddy Duck Photos
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Ruddy Duck 1 - Breeding Plumage Male ...
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Ruddy Duck, Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, California
Photograph by Alan And Elaine Wilson. Some rights reserved.
Ruddy Duck, Santee Lakes Recreational Preserve, Near San Diego, California ...
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The Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) is a small diving duck which nests across much of the western United States and Canada. It nests in fresh-water marshes.
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In the summer breeding season, the male ruddy duck is a bright chestnut color with white cheeks, a black head, and a brilliant blue bill. At other times of year, he resembles the females' year-round color.
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Ruddy Duck
Oxyura jamaicensis (Gmelin)
Status Uncommon transient, rare and local in summer, very rare in winter. Breeds. The status of this species has changed during the past century.
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Ruddy Duck
167. Erismatura rubida (Wils.). RUDDY DUCK. Ad.--Top or the head black, cheeks and chin white, throat and back rufous-chestnut, lower back blackish; breast and belly silvery white; upper tail-coverts very short, ...
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Ruddy Duck populations are stable or increasing throughout most of the North American breeding range.
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RUDDY DUCK, Anas rubida, Wils. Amer. Orn., vol. viii. p. 137.
FULIGULA RUBIDA, Bonap. Syn., p. 390.
FULIGULA RUBIDA, Ruddy Duck, Swains. and Rich. F. Bor. Amer., vol. ii.p. 455.
RUDDY DUCK, Nutt. Man., vol. ii. p. 426.
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Ruddy ducks are small, stout freshwater diving ducks with broad, short wings and narrow, stiff tails. The male ruddy duck has a bright chestnut body, black crown, white cheeks and blue bill. They swim... More... Ruff ...
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RUDDY DUCK
Oxyura jamaicensis
Ruddy Ducks, often seen with their stiff tails pointing almost straight up, are most notable for their courtship displays.
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Ruddy Duck Summer Sighting Information: occasional Nest on or near Refuge? no Wood Duck Summer Sighting Information: uncommon Nest on or near Refuge? yes ...
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Ruddy Duck
Just returned from a few days at Lee Vining/Mono Lake, which for you folks back east means just east of Yosemite. One of the highlights of the trip was a visit to a water treatment pond along highway 395, about 1.
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conditions, but they came by A.P. in a steady stream nw to se from about 1430-1530 when we left. Every one of them was an adult. Sometimes they come in close in nice weather for who knows what reason.) RING-NECKED DUCK 12 (Niles Pond) RUDDY DUCK 3 " ...
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They are very small, about the size of Ruddy Ducks. In 1996 there have been 2 females and a male in breeding plumage. The male's dark chestnut color, dark mask and crown, and blue bill make him distinctive.
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Redheads often parasitize; Mallards and Ruddy Ducks also parasitize, occ remove teal eggs. Clutches >11 may be result of parasitization. Pair bond maintained throughout most of incubation.
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There is considerable debate about the taxonomy of this species with many authorities considering it to be a sub-species of Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis which is found in North America and the Caribbean as well as in South America.
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The female is sometimes mistaken for the Ruddy Duck when seen at a distance. It has oval white wing-patches in flight. The bill has a hooked tip and serrated edges that help it catch fish when it dives for them.
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Their male behavior seems bizarre, and it does result in a high rate of nest abandonment. Redheads are known to lay their eggs in other ducks nests including the Mallard, Cinnamon Teal, Ruddy Duck and even in other Redhead nests.
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 See also: Duck, Gadwall, Wigeon, Canada Goose, Snow Goose
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