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Identification

ruddy duck
Oxyura jamaicensis

Oxyura jamaicensis: information (1) Oxyura jamaicensis: pictures (13)

Date Taken

May 14, 2012

Location

Bitter Lake NWR, NM

Caption

male and female ruddy ducks

#Exemplar

Anatomy
Coloration/Patterning :: Cryptic

Anatomy
Female

Anatomy
Male

Behaviors
Locomotion :: Swimming

Life Stages And Gender
Adult/Sexually Mature

Subject
Live Animal

Type
Photo

Contributors

Phil Myers (photographer; copyright holder), Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

University of Michigan Museum of Zoology

National Science Foundation

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