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Ruddy Duck 1 - Breeding Plumage Male ...
Ruddy duck Oxyura jamaicensis
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Length: 11 inches Wingspan: 23 inches
Small, chunky diving duck
Long stiff-tail is often held vertically
Dark wings
Immature similar to adult female ...
Ruddy Duck
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Ruddy Duck ( Oxyura jamaicensis )
Ruddy Duck, Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, California
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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.
Ruddy Duck
Oxyura jamaicensis
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.
Ruddy Duck: Small duck with bright red-brown body; black cap extends below the eyes and onto the nape, contrasting sharply with white face; heavy bill is blue. Tail is black and often held erect when swimming.
Ruddy Duck Behaviour
No observations regarding Ruddy Duck behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Interesting Facts about Ruddy Ducks ...
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.
Ruddy Duck
(Oxyura jamaicensis)
Status: Migrant.
Last recorded on site in 2010
Breeding Status:-
2007 to 2011: Possible but not likely
The Patuxent web-site provides more general information about this species.
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.
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.]
FULIGULA RUBIDA, Wils.
[Oxyura jamaicensis.] ...
Ruddy duck
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...
Scaup ...
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.
Ruddy Duck
Summer Sighting Information: occasional
Nest on or near Refuge? no
Wood Duck
Summer Sighting Information: uncommon
Nest on or near Refuge? yes ...
Ruddy Duck with Black Cheeks
Breeding Wallcreepers
Autumn colours
What is a Scoter?
The Stunning Twist Ending ...
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 " ...
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.
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.
They also may nest in proximity to Horned Grebes (Podiceps auritus), Pied-billed Grebes (Podilymbus podiceps), Ruddy Ducks (Oxyura jamaicensis), American Coots (Fulica americana), or Black Terns (Chlidonias niger) (Abbott 1902, Roberts 1932, ...
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.
The females and immature males are grey birds with chestnut foreheads and crowns, and can be confused at a distance with the Ruddy Duck; they are often known as "redhead" Smew. It has oval white wing-patches in flight.
Ross' Goose (Chen rossii)
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens)
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Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus)
White-winged Scoter (Melanitta fusca)
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) ...
The female incubates 8 to 10 olive eggs for 21 to 27 days, during which time the male departs. Where breeding densities are high, Lesser Scaup may lay eggs in other ducks’ nests; in turn, they sometimes host Redhead, Gadwall, and Ruddy Duck ...
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.
 See also: Duck, Gadwall, Wigeon, Canada Goose, Snow Goose
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