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

Oxyuraaccepted 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

Genbank

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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

Image

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


not marine, fresh

Importance

no data

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GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159100
urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:96553

Last modified

2011-04-27 by Drs Cees Roselaar & by Peter Adriaens

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