Hartlaub’s Duck / Pteronetta hartlaubii
WBN 
Hartlaub's Duck
SCI Name:
Protonym: Querquedula Hartlaubii Proc.Acad.Nat.Sci.Philadelphia 11(1859) p.175
Taxonomy: Anseriformes / Anatidae / Pteronetta
Taxonomy Code: harduc1
Type Locality: Camma River, Gaboon.
Author: Cassin
Publish Year: 1860
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PTERONETTA
(Anatidae; Ϯ Hartlaub's Duck P. hartlaubii) Gr. πτερον pteron feather; νηττα nētta duck; "PTERONETTA. ... Type. P. hartlaubi. Plumage plain with no mottlings, and no metallic speculum as in Asarcornis, but the frontal feathers in a straight line, the lateral frontal ridges of the bill not extending backwards through the feathers of the forehead; tail graduated, but somewhat shorter. Sexes similar." (Salvadori 1895).
hartlaubia / hartlaubii
Carl Johann Gustav Hartlaub (1814-1900) German ornithologist, collector (syn. Accipiter erythropus, Anabathmis, syn. Campephaga flava, syn. Cisticola marginatus, syn. Crithagra mozambica caniceps (ex Crithagra chrysopyga Hartlaub, 1857), subsp. Dendropicos fuscescens, syn. Eubucco bourcierii, syn. Falcipennis falcipennis (ex Tetrao falcipennis Hartlaub, 1855), Larus, Lissotis, syn. Mandingoa nitidula, subsp. Onychognathus fulgidus, Pteronetta, Turdoides).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
