Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Galloanserae > Superorder Anserimorphae > Order Anseriformes > Suborder Anseri > Superfamily Anatoidea > Family Anatidae > Genus Oxyura

Oxyura jamaicensis (Gmelin, 1789)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Oxyura*	Bonaparte, 1831	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Anas jamaicensis*	Gmelin, 1789	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: Amerikansk skarveand sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: rosse stekelstaart sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: ruddy duck; ruddyduck sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS);Bermuda Biodiversity Database

French: Érismature rousse sources: Avibase - the world bird database.

German: Schwarzkopf-Ruderente sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: baltaskruostė stačiauodegė sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: stivhaleand sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: stivhaleand sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: sterniczka jamajska sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: американская савка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: belolična trdorepka sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: malvasía canela sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: Amerikansk kopparand sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: kara başlı dikkuyruk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Савка ямайська; ямайська савка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: hwyaden goch

Literature

basis of record	Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.
additional source	Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68: p.
additional source	Animal Diversity Web. University of Michigan Museum of Zoology.
additional source	Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.
additional source	Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. Pp. 1321–1342.
additional source	Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 221: 532 p.
additional source	Vanner, M. (2003). The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. 1-383.