Spectacled Duck / Speculanas specularis
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Spectacled Duck
SCI Name:
Protonym: Anas specularis Zool.J. 4 p.98
Taxonomy: Anseriformes / Anatidae / Speculanas
Taxonomy Code: speduc2
Type Locality: Straits of Magellan. Andes of Chile and Argentina from lat. 40° S. to the Straits of Magellan.
Author: King, PP
Publish Year: 1828
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
DEFINITIONS
SPECULANAS
(Anatidae; Ϯ Spectacled Duck S. specularis) Mod. L. speculum speculum < L. speculum, speculi mirror < specere to look at; L. anas, anatis duck; "Speculanas gen. nov. speculo cupreo viridi-rubro, speculo generis Lophonetta Ril. simillimo, rectricibus non elongatis nec acuminatis, apice rostro angustiore, rostro ipso fortiore, dissimillimo rostro generis Lophonetta Ril., crista occipite nulla. Typus: Sp. specularis (King)." (von Boetticher 1929).
specularis
L. specularis mirror-like < speculum, speculi mirror < specere to look at.
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)
