Anas falcata

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• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
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Overview

Near Threatened

Common Names

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Description

Family Anatidae

Birds that are modified for swimming, floating on the water surface, and in some cases diving in at least shallow water. They have webbed feet and flattened bills. Special oils in their feathers helps them shed water. This is one of the few families of birds that possess a penis .

Habitat

Ecology:
List of Habitats :5.1Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls ) 5.4Wetlands (inland) - Bogs , Marshes, Swamps , Fens , Peatlands 5.5Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha) 9.10Marine Neritic - Estuaries 13.4Marine Coastal/Supratidal - Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001

Similar Species

Members of the genus Anas

There are approximately 174 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

A. acuta (Northern Pintail) · A. acuta acuta (Northern Pintail) · A. acuta drygalskii (Northern Pintail) · A. acuta eatoni (Northern Pintail) · A. acuta tzitzihoa · A. albogularis · A. americana (American Wigeon) · A. andium · A. angustirostris · A. arcuata · A. aucklandica (Auckland Island Teal) · A. aucklandica aucklandica · A. aucklandica chlorotis · A. aucklandica nesiotis (Campbell Island Flightless Teal) · A. bahamensis (Bahama Pintail) · A. bahamensis bahamensis (White-Cheeked Pintail) · A. bahamensis galapagensis (Galapagos Pintail) · A. bahamensis rubirostris · A. bahamensis rubrirostris · A. bahamensis ssp · A. bernieri (Madagascar Teal) · A. blanchardi · A. boschas · A. brasiliensis · A. capensis (African Cape Teal) · A. carolinensis · A. castanea (Chestnut Teal) · A. chiloensis · A. chlorotis (Brown Teal) · A. clypeata (Northern Shoveler) · A. clypeata x · A. crecca (Common Teal) · A. crecca carolinensis (Green-Winged Teal) · A. crecca crecca (Green-Winged Teal) · A. crecca nimia (Aleutian Green-Winged Teal) · A. cristata · A. cyanoptera (Cinnamon Teal) · A. cyanoptera borreroi · A. cyanoptera cyanoptera (Cinnamon Teal) · A. cyanoptera orinoma · A. cyanoptera orinomus · A. cyanoptera septentrionalium (Cinnamon Teal) · A. cyanoptera ssp · A. cyanoptera tropica · A. cyanoptera tropicus · A. diazi · A. diazi novimexicana (New Mexican Duck) · A. discors (Blue Winged Teal) · A. discors discors (Blue-Winged Teal) · A. discors orphna (Blue-Winged Teal) · A. discors x · A. drygalskii · A. eatoni (Eaton's Pintail) · A. eatoni drygalskii · A. eatoni eatoni · A. erythrorhyncha (Red-Billed Duck) · A. falcata (Falcated Duck) · A. flavirostris (Speckled Teal) · A. flavirostris altipetens · A. flavirostris andinum · A. flavirostris andium · A. flavirostris flavirostris · A. flavirostris oxyptera · A. flavirostris ssp · A. floridana · A. formosa (Baikal Teal) · A. formosa georgi · A. fretensis · A. fulcigula (Mottled Duck) · A. fulvigula (Mottled Duck) · A. fulvigula fulvigula (Mottled Duck) · A. fulvigula maculosa (Mottled Duck) · A. georgica (Yellow-Billed Pintail) · A. georgica georgica · A. georgica niceforoi · A. georgica spinicauda · A. gibberifrons (Sunda Teal) · A. gibberifrons albogularis · A. gibberifrons gibberifrons · A. gibberifrons gracilis · A. gracilis (Grey Teal) · A. gracilis gracilis · A. hottentota (Hottentot Teal) · A. hybrid · A. hybrids · A. javanica · A. laysanensis (Laysan Duck) · A. leucophrys (Ringed Teal) · A. leucostigma · A. luzonica (Philippine Duck) · A. marecula (Amsterdam Island Duck) · A. maxima · A. melleri (Meller's Duck) · A. nesiotis (Campbell Island Teal) · A. novaeseelandiae · A. oustaleti (Mariana Mallard) · A. paturi · A. pelewensis · A. penelope (Eurasian Wigeon) · A. penelope x

Bibliography

• Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes 2003. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
• Bird Reference Citations. The numbers inserted in the text accounts above (usually in bold) refer to references. For further details on these references, click on the BirdLife International link above to go to the specific species account on the BirdLife web site. In some cases, particularly in the taxonomic notes, the references are cited using the author names. Details for these can be found on the BirdLife International web site at the following two places: For References from A–L. For References from M–Z.
• BirdLife International 2006. Threatened Birds of the World 2006. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 04/05/2006.
• BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
• BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.

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Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2006. Anas falcata. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. and lt;www.iucnredlist.org and gt;. Downloaded on 21 October 2006.
• BirdLife International 2006. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2007. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed March 21, 2007.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 13, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 14 providers.
• MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 18, 2008.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 13, 2008:

• Avian Knowledge Network: eBird
• Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum: Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data
• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility: Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Birds (Aves)
• GBIF-Sweden: Birds (GBIF-SE:Artdatabanken)
• Mokpo Museum of Natural History: Mokpo Museum of Natural History Bird
• Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Ornithology Collection
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• National Science Museum of Korea: National Science Museum of Korea Bird

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3854362
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-175080
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13837506
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 175080
• IUCN ID: 47181
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ABNJB10030
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 132829

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