Ruddy Duck
Oxyura jamaicensis
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderAnseriformes
- FamilyAnatidae (Anàtids)
- GenusOxyura (Stiff-tailed Ducks)
- SpeciesOxyura jamaicensis (Ruddy Duck)
Closest Relatives at Big Cypress National Preserve
Blue-winged Teal
Spatula discors
Greater Scaup
Aythya marila
Snow Goose
Anser caerulescens
Mottled Duck
Anas fulvigula
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna autumnalis
Ring-necked Duck
Aythya collaris
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeata
Lesser Scaup
Aythya affinis
American Wigeon
Mareca americana
Common Teal
Anas crecca
Gadwall
Mareca strepera
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serrator
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Ruddy Duck at Big Cypress National Preserve — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there