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title: "Rosse stekelstaart"
description: "Oxyura jamaicensis — Vogels. The ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) is a species of duck, one of six extant species of stiff-tailed duck (genus Oxyura)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/ruddy-duck
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Rosse stekelstaart

> Oxyura jamaicensis — Vogels. The ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) is a species of duck, one of six extant species of stiff-tailed duck (genus Oxyura).

- Scientific name: *Oxyura jamaicensis*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 60578
- Wikidata: [Q647461](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q647461)
- iNaturalist taxon: [850859](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/850859)

## Names

- en: Ruddy Duck
- de: Schwarzkopf-Ruderente
- es: Pato tepalcate
- fr: Érismature rousse
- nl: Rosse stekelstaart
- pt: Pato-de-rabo-alçado-americano
- pl: Sterniczka jamajska

## Countries with the most observations

US (45040), CA (6602), MX (6383), NL (64), PR (61), DO (39), DE (37), GB (31), FR (27), NI (27), KN (15), BS (14)

## Summary

The ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) is a species of duck, one of six extant species of stiff-tailed duck (genus Oxyura). In the 1940s, the ruddy duck was introduced to the United Kingdom, where it established a population. Outside the Americas, the ruddy duck is considered a highly invasive species, prompting many countries to initiate culling projects to eradicate it from the native ecosystem.
The generic name is derived from Ancient Greek oxus meaning "sharp", and oura meaning "tail". The specific name jamaicensis means "from Jamaica". The ruddy duck has also been nicknamed "butterball", a term used to describe…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruddy_duck

## Photo

![Rosse stekelstaart](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/ruddy-duck/medium.jpg)

Photo: Rob Wadsworth · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/40581332

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/ruddy-duck?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).