Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Anseriformes > Family Anatidae > Genus Oxyura

Oxyura jamaicensis (Gmelin, 1789)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Anas Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Oxyura*		accepted genus name

Species group names

*Anas jamaicensis*	Gmelin, 1789	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

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 sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

English-United States: Ruddy Duck sources: Charles Hussey

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

Norwegian Bokmål: stivhaleand sources: Syst. Nat. 1 pt 2 p. 519

Norwegian Nynorsk: stivhaleand sources: Syst. Nat. 1 pt 2 p. 519

Nynorsk (Norwegian): 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	Field Guide to Birds of North America 1983
additional source	Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station.
additional source	Peterson, R.T. and V.M. Peterson. 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	University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. Animal Diversity Web.
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	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. Bath. 383 p.
additional source	Gallardo, J. C., V. Macías, and E. Velarde. 2009. Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1321–1342 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	ITIS database

Taxon found in 248 publications.

3 specimens with barcodes

Genbank

Link to Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (53 nucleotides; 28 proteins)
Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (63 publications)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Oxyura jamaicensis (Gmelin, 1789). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159100

Drs Cees Roselaar. Oxyura jamaicensis (Gmelin, 1789). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96553