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Ruddy Duck

Oxyura jamaicensis

10,294Records since 2000
JanuaryPeak month
86Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan1,265
Feb747
Mar913
Apr1,183
May1,245
Jun767
Jul712
Aug803
Sep760
Oct588
Nov531
Dec539

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England602
2Kent England482
3Rutland England431
4Nottinghamshire England370
5Warrington England363
6Essex England342
7Nottingham England336
8Surrey England310
9North Yorkshire England244
10St. Helens England239
11Isle of Anglesey Wales205
12Norfolk England203
13Leeds England197
14East Riding of Yorkshire England159
15Rotherham England158
9,055 England201 Scotland869 Wales42 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 86 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
10,294
Peak month
January
Counties with records
86
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Oxyura jamaicensis
Group
Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000
13,098
Conservation designations
Convention on Migratory Species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Anseriformes
Family
Anatidae
Genus
Oxyura
Name with authority
Oxyura jamaicensis (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)
Described
1789
Contributing datasets
20

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q647461 · GBIF 2498305