Oxyura jamaicensis (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
(Ruddy Duck)

Oxyura jamaicensis (Ruddy Duck) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Oxyura jamaicensis (Ruddy Duck) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesOxyura jamaicensis (Ruddy Duck)
GenusOxyura (a genus of birds)
FamilyANATIDAE (wildfowl: ducks, geese, mergansers and swans)
OrderANSERIFORMES (ducks, geese, mergansers and swans, waterfowl)
ClassAVES (birds)
SuperclassTETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Oxyura jamaicensis (Ruddy Duck)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Gates, N., Wade, M., Ames, V. & McKee, K. Ruddy Duck
Newman, P.J. 2003 Male Ruddy Duck Vol 14, No. 4 Page: 279

Oxyura jamaicensis (Ruddy Duck) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Oxyura jamaicensis (Ruddy Duck):

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