Red-crested Pochard / Netta rufina
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Red-crested Pochard
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Protonym: Anas rufina ReiseVersch.Provin.Russ.Reichs 2 p.713
Taxonomy: Anseriformes / Anatidae / Netta
Taxonomy Code: recpoc
Type Locality: Caspian Sea and lakes of the Tartarian Desert.
Author: Pallas
Publish Year: 1773
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
NETTA
(Anatidae; Ϯ Red-crested Pochard N. rufina) Gr. νηττα nētta or νησσα nēssa duck. In Gr. myth. Nēssa was one of the Pierides, who, having failed to best the Muses in a singing contest, was transformed into a duck. "1. Anas rufina ... 1. Hollenente. Netta*) E[ntwickelung]. Wie gewöhnlich. Ch[arakter]. Sehr große Moorenten mit breiter, dicker Holle. L[ebensart]. Hierin gleichen sie den Moorenten. ... *) νηττα, Ente. ... 271. Netta (A. rufina)." (Kaup 1829); "Netta Kaup, Skizz. Entw.-Gesch. Eur. Thierw., 1829, p. 102 [, 196]. Type, by monotypy, Anas rufina Pallas." (Peters 1931, I, 173).
Synon. Branta, Callichen, Mergoides, Metopiana, Metopias, Phaeonetta, Phoeoaythia.
rufina
Med. L. rufinus golden, golden-red < L. rufus ruddy.
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)
