Ruddy Duck
Oxyura jamaicensis
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 45,151
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The ruddy duck is a species of duck, one of six extant species of stiff-tailed duck. In the 1940s, the ruddy duck was introduced to the United Kingdom, where it established a population. Outside the Americas, the ruddy duck is considered a highly invasive species, prompting many countries to initiate culling projects to eradicate it from the native ecosystem.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Ruddy duck”.