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Waterfowl
Ruddy duck
Oxyura jamaicensis
- Group
- Waterfowl
- Size class
- Small (under 10 kg)
- Family
- Anatidae
Range
- North America
- Europe
Habitat
- Wetland
Range
Countries it is found in
49 countries
- Anguilla
- Antigua & Barbuda
- Argentina
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belgium
- Bermuda
- Bolivia
- British Virgin Islands
- Canada
- Chile
- Colombia
- Cuba
- Denmark
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Faroe Islands
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Grenada
Range from:Wikipedia country bird lists, GBIF occurrence records — read 2026-08-05
Cross-reference
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