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Oxyura jamaicensis

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Noun1.Oxyura jamaicensis - reddish-brown stiff-tailed duck of North America and northern South AmericaOxyura jamaicensis - reddish-brown stiff-tailed duck of North America and northern South America
duck - small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs
genus Oxyura, Oxyura - ruddy duck


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THE Latin name for the ruddy duck is Oxyura jamaicensis.
clypeata 4 Wood duck ([double dagger]) Aix sponsa 104 Common goldeneye ([section]) Bucephala clangula 18 Canvasback ([section]) Aythya valisinena 19 Hooded merganser ([section]) Lophodytes cucullatus 26 Lesser scaup ([section]) Aythya affinis 1 Redhead ([section]) Aythya americana 223 Ring-necked duck ([section]) Aythya collaris 51 Ruddy duck ([parallel]) Oxyura jamaicensis 2 No.
serrator Linnacus, red- I O breasted merganser Oxyura jamaicensis (Gmelin), I O ruddy duck Somateria spectabilis (Linnaeus), N R king eider Order Falconiformes (diurnal birds of prey) Family Accipitridae (kites, eagles, hawks, and allies) Accipiter cooperii (Bonaparte), I O Cooper's hawk A.
 
 
 
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