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Also known as: Oxyura jamaicensis

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ruddy duck — ruddy duck Ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis).

The ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) is an American duck known for its long, stiff tail feathers, broad bill, and, in breeding males, a brownish-red back and sides and a blue bill. It is also sometimes referred to as a ruddy diver or rudder bird. Ducks, in general, are omnivorous birds with varied diets that depend on their species, habitat, and the season.1234

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duck
… group, typified by the blue-billed ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis), are highly aquatic diving ducks characterized by legs set far toward the rear of the body. The whistling ducks (Dendrocygna), also called tree ducks, are not true ducks but are more closely related to geese and swans. Ducks that are not…
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… group, typified by the blue-billed ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis), are highly aquatic diving ducks characterized by legs set far toward the rear of the body. The whistling ducks (Dendrocygna), also called tree ducks, are not true ducks but are more closely related to geese and swans. Ducks that are not…
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conservation
Introduced species
…by a related species, the ruddy duck (O. jamaicensis). This bird is native to North America, was introduced to Great Britain in 1949, and spread to the continent including Spain, where it hybridizes with the much rarer white-headed duck. Similar cases involve other species of ducks, frogs, fish, cats, wolves,…
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…by a related species, the ruddy duck (O. jamaicensis). This bird is native to North America, was introduced to Great Britain in 1949, and spread to the continent including Spain, where it hybridizes with the much rarer white-headed duck. Similar cases involve other species of ducks, frogs, fish, cats, wolves,…
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stifftail
…and typical stifftail is the ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) of North America. In most species the drake has shiny reddish plumage and a bright-blue bill in breeding season; at other times he is drab. Hens are plainly coloured birds with a line or two crossing the face. A stifftail uses…
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…and typical stifftail is the ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) of North America. In most species the drake has shiny reddish plumage and a bright-blue bill in breeding season; at other times he is drab. Hens are plainly coloured birds with a line or two crossing the face. A stifftail uses…
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anseriform
Behaviour
…the stifftails, such as the ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) of North America. The males cock their tails over their backs, inflate their lower necks, and beat on them with their bright blue bills, producing a chittering sound that terminates in a burp.
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…the stifftails, such as the ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) of North America. The males cock their tails over their backs, inflate their lower necks, and beat on them with their bright blue bills, producing a chittering sound that terminates in a burp.
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