Birds of the Rockies
Date 1902
Source http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/pageimage/6515239
Author Keyser, Leander S. (Leander Sylvester Keyser)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Birds_of_the_Rockies_(Plate_VII)_BHL6515239.jpg

The ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) is a duck from North America and the Andes Mountains of South America, one of the stiff-tailed ducks. The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek oxus, "sharp", and oura, "tail", and jamaicensis is Jamaica.