ruddy duck

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ruddy duck

ankka, sorsa, kuparisorsat, kuparisorsien suku, kuparisorsa, Oxyura jamaicensis.

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Englannin sanakirja

ruddy duck (englanti > suomi)

  1. kuparisorsa

ruddy duck englanniksi

  1. Oxyura jamaicensis, a small stifftail duck, the male of which has a rust-coloured body.

  2. 2004, Laurie E. Likoff, The Encyclopedia of Birds, Volume 1, http://books.google.com.au/books?id=ILEMaU74oXgC&pg=PA802&dq=%22ruddy+duck%22%7C%22ruddy+ducks%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=6r9qUYPQH4eqiALv_oHwCQ&redir_esc=yv=onepage&q=%22ruddy%20duck%22%7C%22ruddy%20ducks%22&f=false page 802,

  3. Except when migrating, the ruddy duck seldom flies.(..)If disturbed by a predator, the ruddy duck dives to escape.
  4. 2008, Roslyn M. Frank, Body, Language, and Mind: Sociocultural situatedness, Volume 2, http://books.google.com.au/books?id=U_erlhUykvgC&pg=PA170&dq=%22ruddy+duck%22%7C%22ruddy+ducks%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=6r9qUYPQH4eqiALv_oHwCQ&redir_esc=yv=onepage&q=%22ruddy%20duck%22%7C%22ruddy%20ducks%22&f=false page 170,

  5. Since hybridization with the ruddy duck could lead to extinction of the white-headed duck, Spain began to kill its ruddy ducks. Trials to eliminate ruddy ducks from the U.K. began in 1999, and were overseen by a euphemistically named White-headed Duck Task Force.
  6. 2010, Jacky Turner, Animal Breeding, Welfare and Society, http://books.google.com.au/books?id=YdYm1zsNkFQC&pg=PT222&dq=%22ruddy+duck%22%7C%22ruddy+ducks%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=6r9qUYPQH4eqiALv_oHwCQ&redir_esc=y unnumbered page,

  7. The decision was taken, supported by conservation organizations, that it was necessary to save the white-headed duck species by exterminating all members of the ruddy duck species in Europe, which meant mainly in the UK, where there were an estimated 6000 ruddy ducks in 2000.

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