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Ruddy Duck

Oxyura jamaicensis ORDER: ANSERIFORMES FAMILY: ANATIDAE

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

A member of the tribe of "stiff-tailed ducks," the Ruddy Duck has a spiky tail that it often holds straight up in display.

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Calls

  • Calls
    Recorded by Gregory F. Budney, Randolph Scott Little
    • Courtesy of Macaulay Library
    © Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Usually silent except in courtship. Male makes series of muffled popping noises.

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