Oxyura jamaicensis (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
(Ruddy Duck)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesOxyura jamaicensis (Ruddy Duck)
GenusOxyura (a genus of birds)
FamilyANATIDAE (wildfowl: ducks, geese, mergansers and swans)
OrderANSERIFORMES (ducks, geese, mergansers and swans, waterfowl)
ClassAVES (birds)
SuperclassTETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Gates, N., Wade, M., Ames, V. & McKee, K. Ruddy Duck
Newman, P.J. 2003 Male Ruddy Duck Vol 14, No. 4 Page: 279

Oxyura jamaicensis (Ruddy Duck) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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