Species Detail - Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Birds of Ireland".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).
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Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
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Oxyura jamaicensis
Ruddy Duck
NHMSYS0000530524 RecommendedWell-formed
Invasive Species: EU Invasive Alien Species Regulation No. 1143/2014 || Invasive Species: Regulation S.I. 477/2011 (Ireland) || Invasive Species: High Risk Invasive Species (2013 Report) || Invasive Species: Regulation S.I. 374/2024 (Ireland)
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(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
Bird
Species
2
2
1
16/01/2005
06/02/2005
1 January (recorded in 1996)
31 December (recorded in 1996)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Birds of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis), accessed 31 August 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/155/Species/11487>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)