ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) Plate 343 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting Ruddy Duck.
Date 1827-1838
Source University of Pittsburgh
Author John James Audubon (1785–1851)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:343_Ruddy_Duck.jpg
The ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) is a duck from North America and the Andes Mountains of South America, one of the stiff-tailed ducks. The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek oxus, "sharp", and oura, "tail", and jamaicensis is Jamaica.
