Spotted Whistling-Duck / Dendrocygna guttata
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Spotted Whistling-Duck
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Protonym: Dendrocygna guttata Mus.Hist.Pays-BasRev.Meth.Crit.Coll. livr.8 Anseres no.31 p.85
Taxonomy: Anseriformes / Anatidae / Dendrocygna
Taxonomy Code: spwduc1
Type Locality: Celebes.
Author: Schlegel
Publish Year: 1866
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
DENDROCYGNA
(Anatidae; Ϯ Wandering Whistling Duck D. arcuata) Gr. δενδρον dendron tree; L. cygnus or cycnus swan < Gr. κυκνος kuknos swan (cf. genus Cygnus Bechstein, 1803, swan); ""Dendrocygna" est vox hybrida; nomen enim græcum κυκνος, literis latinis scriptum, fit cycnus. Cygnus est nomen latinum." (Sundevall 1873); "DENDROCYGNA, Sw. Tree Ducks. Bill resembling that of a duck. Nostrils near the base. Feet lengthened. The toes long, and projecting beyond the membrane. Claws long, slender, and but slightly curved. Hind toe lengthened. D. arcuata. Horsf. Java. (fig. 325.) arborea. Edw. pl. 193" (Swainson 1837); "Dendrocygna Swainson, Classif. Bds., 2, 1837, p. 365. Type, by subsequent designation, Anas arcuata Horsfield. (Eyton, Monogr. Anat., 1838, p. 28.)" (Peters, 1931, I, p. 152).
Var. Dendrocygnus, Dendrocycna.
Synon. Ctenanas, Dendronessa, Lamprocygna, Leptotarsis, Nesocygna, Prosopocygna, Stagonocygna.
guttata
L. guttatus spotted, speckled < gutta drop, spot.
● ex “Héoro-taire moucheté” of Audebert & Vieillot 1802 (unident., ?Zosteropidae, ?Meliphagidae).
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)
