Pink-headed Duck / Rhodonessa caryophyllacea
WBN 
Pink-headed Duck
SCI Name:
Protonym: Anas caryophyllacea IndexOrn. 2 p.866
Taxonomy: Anseriformes / Anatidae / Rhodonessa
Taxonomy Code: pihduc1
Type Locality: India.
Author: Latham
Publish Year: 1790
IUCN Status: Critically Endangered
DEFINITIONS
RHODONESSA
‡ (Anatidae; Ϯ Pink-headed Duck R. caryophyllacea) Gr. ῥοδον rhodon rose; νησσα nēssa duck; "Genera et Species typicae. ... 3. Boschinae s. Anatinae genuinae ... d. *Rhodonessa Rchb. caryophyllacea (Anas — Lath.) R. Ic. Av. t. 85. ic. 919." (Reichenbach 1852). The Pink-headed Duck formerly occurred in the Gangetic and Brahmaputra plains as an uncommon resident of riverine swamps; the last wild observation was from Bihar in 1935, but the last captive bird survived until at least 1945.
caryophyllacea
Mod. L. caryophyllaceus carnation-pink < pre-Linnaean botanical genus Caryophylla, carnation < L. carus esteemed; phyllon plant.
● ex “Pink-headed Duck” of Latham 1787 (‡Rhodonessa).
● ex “Pink-coloured Warbler” of Brown 1776 and Latham 1783 (unident.;?Pericrocotus sp.).
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)
