Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Danish:
Amerikansk Skarveand
Common Names in Dutch:
Noord Amerikaanse Stekelstaart Eend, Rosse Stekelstaarteend, Rosse Sterkelstaart
Common Names in English:
Batter-Scoot, Blackjack, Blatherskite, Bluebill, Booby, Booby Coot, Bristle-Tail, Broad-Billed Dipper, Broadbill, Brown Diving Teal, Bullneck, Bumblebee Duck, Butterball, Butterduck, Cock-Tail, Creek Cootdapper, Daub Duck, Deaf Duck, Dinky, Dip-Tail, Dip-Tailed Diver, Dipper, Diver, Dopper, Dumb-Bird, Dumpling Duck, Dun-Bird, Dun-Diver, Fool Duck, God-Damn, Gray Teal, Hard-Head, Hard-Headed Broadbill, Heavy-Tailed Coot, Hickory-Head, Leather-Back, Light-Wood Knot, Little Soldier, Mud-Dipper, Noddy, North American Ruddy Duck, Northern Ruddy Duck, Paddy, Paddy-Whack, Pintail, Quill-Tailed Coot, Roody, Rook, Rudder Bird, Ruddy Diver, Ruddy Duck, Salt Water Teal, Shot-Pouch, Sleepy Brother, Sleepy Coot, Sleepy Dick, Sleepy Duck, Sleepyhead, Spine-Tail Duck, Spoon-Billed Butterball, Spoonbill, Sprig-Tail, Steel-Head, Stick-Tail, Stiff-Tail, Stiff-Tailed Wigeon, Stub-And-Twist, Touch-Head, Water Partridge, Wigeon Coot, Wire-Tail
Common Names in French:
Erismature Rouse, Erismature Rousse
Common Names in German:
Schwarzkopf-Ruderente, Schwarzkopfruderente, Scwartzkopf Ruderente
Common Names in Icelandic:
Hrókönd
Common Names in Italian:
Gobbo Americano, Gobbo Della Giamaica, Gobbo Rugginoso Americano
Common Names in Japanese:
アカオタテガモ
Common Names in Latin:
Oxyura jamaicensis
Common Names in Norwegian:
Stivhaleand
Common Names in Polish:
Sterniczka Jamajska
Common Names in Spanish:
Malvas, Malvasía Cabeciblanca, MalvasÌa Canela, MalvasÌa Rojiza, Pato Tepalcate
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Avialae
()
- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Neognathae
()
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Galloanserimorphae
()
- Sibley et al., 1988
- Order:
Anseriformes
()
- Wagler, 1831
- Order:
Anseriformes
(
- Superorder:
Galloanserimorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Oxyura jamaicensis (Gmelin) 1789 • Oxyura jamaicensis (J. F. Gmelin
Similar Species
Members of the genus Oxyura
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 11 species and subspecies in this genus:
O. australis (Australian Blue-Billed Duck) · O. dominica (St. Domingo Duck) · O. ferruginea (Andean Duck) · O. ferruginea ferruginea (Andean Duck) · O. jamaicensis (North American Ruddy Duck) · O. jamaicensis andina (Colombian Ruddy Duck) · O. jamaicensis jamaicensis (North American Ruddy Duck) · O. jamaicensis rubida (Ruddy Duck) · O. leucocephala (White-Headed Duck) · O. maccoa (Maccoa Duck) · O. vittata (Lack Duck)
More Info
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Further Reading
- Catalogue of birds of the Americas and the adjacent islands in Field Museum of Natural History. Charles E. Hellmayr, Boardman Conover. 13 1948 Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1948. url p. 401.
- Travels and traditions of waterfowl. Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press[1955] url p. 286.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed September 29, 2006. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1691901
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 613636
