Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Colombian Ruddy Duck
Common Names in German:
Anden Schwarzkopfruderente
Common Names in Latin:
Oxyura jamaicensis andina,
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
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)
- 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
- Suborder:
Anseres
(
)
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Wagler, 1831
- Suborder:
Anseres
(
- 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
(
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)
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Further Reading
- A Directory of Neotropical Wetlands. IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre url p. 148, p. 151, p. 153, p. 154.
- 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. 403.
- Ornithological gazetteer of Colombia / Raymond A. Paynter, Jr. Cambridge, Mass.: Bird Dept., Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 1997. url p. 500.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 10257116
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2587672
