Editing Ruddy duck (section)

==Taxonomy==
The ruddy duck was [[Species description|formally described]] in 1789 by the German naturalist [[Johann Friedrich Gmelin]] in his revised and expanded edition of [[Carl Linnaeus]]'s ''[[Systema Naturae]]''. He placed it with the other ducks, geese and swans in the [[genus]] ''[[Anas]]'' and coined the [[binomial nomenclature|binomial name]] ''Anas jamaicensis''.<ref>{{ cite book | last=Gmelin | first=Johann Friedrich | author-link=Johann Friedrich Gmelin| year=1789 | title=Systema naturae per regna tria naturae : secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis | edition=13th | volume=1, Part 2 | language=Latin | location=Lipsiae [Leipzig] | publisher=Georg. Emanuel. Beer | page=519 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2656012 }}</ref> Gmelin based his description on the "Jamaica shoveler" that had been described in 1785 by the English ornithologist [[John Latham (ornithologist)|John Latham]] from a specimen that he had received from [[Jamaica]].<ref>{{ cite book | last=Latham | first=John | author-link=John Latham (ornithologist) | year=1785 | title=A General Synopsis of Birds | volume=3, Part 2 | publisher=Printed for Leigh and Sotheby | location=London | page=513, No. 58 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40079334 }}</ref> The ruddy duck is now placed with five other species in the genus ''[[Oxyura]]'' that was introduced in 1828 by the French naturalist [[Charles Lucien Bonaparte]].<ref>{{ cite journal | last=Bonaparte | first=Charles Lucien | author-link=Charles Lucien Bonaparte | year=1828 | title=The genera of North American birds, and a synopsis of the species found within the territory of the United States; systematically arranged in orders and families (continued) | journal=Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York | volume=2 | pages=293–432 [390] | doi=10.1111/j.1749-6632.1826.tb00254.x | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15911455 }}</ref><ref name=ioc>{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | editor3-last=Rasmussen | editor3-first=Pamela | editor3-link=Pamela Rasmussen | date=January 2022 | title=Screamers, ducks, geese & swans | work=IOC World Bird List Version 12.1 | url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/waterfowl/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | access-date=4 July 2022 }}</ref> The genus name is derived from [[Ancient Greek]] ''oxus'', meaning "sharp", and ''oura'' meaning "tail". The specific epithet ''jamaicensis'' means "from Jamaica".<ref>{{cite book | last=Jobling | first=James A. | year=2010| title=The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names | publisher=Christopher Helm | location=London | isbn=978-1-4081-2501-4 | pages=[https://archive.org/stream/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling#page/n287/mode/1up 287], [https://archive.org/stream/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling#page/n210/mode/1up 210]}}</ref> The [[Andean duck]] was formerly considered to be [[conspecific]] with the ruddy duck but with the two species split, the ruddy duck is [[monotypic]]: no [[subspecies]] are recognised.<ref name=ioc/>