Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
anjouan island sparrow hawk, Cantabrian Capercaillie, eastern pinnated grouse, grenada hook-billed kite, hawaiian common gallinule, hawaiian common moorhen, Hawaiian Gallinule, heath hen, heathcock, hethen, Italian Grey Partridge, mariana mallard, Marianas Mallard, masked bobwhite, Masked Bobwhite Quail, masked quail, mississippi sandhill crane, Spanish Imperial Eagle, Utila Chachalaca
Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 852 meters (0 to 2,795 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Avialae
()
- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Neognathae
()
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Galloanserimorphae
()
- Sibley et al., 1988
- Order:
Anseriformes
()
- Wagler, 1831
- Suborder:
Anseres
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Wagler, 1831
- Suborder:
Anseres
(
- Order:
Anseriformes
(
- Superorder:
Galloanserimorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Tympanuchus cupido cupido • Tympanuchus cupido cupido (Linnaeus, 1758)
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Similar Species
Members of the genus Anas
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 91 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. acuta (American Pintail) · A. acuta acuta (Northern Pintail) · A. acuta drygalskii (Northern Pintail) · A. acuta eatoni (Northern Pintail) · A. americana (American Wigeon / Baldpate) · A. andium (Andean Teal) · A. aucklandica (Campbell Island Flightless Teal) · A. aucklandica aucklandica (New Zealand Brown Teal) · A. aucklandica nesiotis (Campbell Island Flightless Teal) · A. bahamensis (White-Cheeked Pintail) · A. bahamensis bahamensis (White-Cheeked Pintail) · A. bahamensis galapagensis (Galapagos Pintail) · A. bernieri (Madagascar Teal) · A. capensis (African Cape Teal) · A. carolinensis (Green-Winged Teal) · A. castanea (Chestnut-Breasted Teal) · A. chlorotis (Flightless Teal) · A. clypeata (Red-Breasted Shoveler) · A. crecca (Green-Winged Teal) · A. crecca carolinensis (Green-Winged Teal) · A. crecca crecca (Green-Winged Teal) · A. crecca nimia (Aleutian Green-Winged Teal) · A. cyanoptera (South American Teal) · A. cyanoptera cyanoptera (Cinnamon Teal) · A. cyanoptera septentrionalium (Cinnamon Teal) · A. diazi (New Mexican Duck) · A. diazi novimexicana (New Mexican Duck) · A. discors (Blue Winged Teal) · A. discors discors (Blue-Winged Teal) · A. discors orphna (Blue-Winged Teal) · A. drygalskii (Crozet Pintail) · A. eatoni (Kerguelen Pintail) · A. erythrorhyncha (Red-Billed Pintail) · A. falcata (Bronze-Capped Teal) · A. flavirostris (Yellow-Billed Teal) · A. flavirostris flavirostris (Speckled/chilean Teal) · A. formosa (Spectacled Teal) · A. formosa georgi (Spectacled Teal) · A. formosus (Spectacled Teal) · A. fulcigula (Mottled Duck) · A. fulvigula (Summer Black Duck) · A. fulvigula fulvigula (Mottled Duck) · A. fulvigula maculosa (Mottled Duck) · A. georgica (Yellow-Billed Pintail) · A. georgica georgica (Yellow-Billed Pintail) · A. gibberifrons (Sunda Teal) · A. gibberifrons gibberifrons (Sunda Teal) · A. gracilis (Grey Teal) · A. hottentota (Hottentot Teal) · A. laysanensis (Laysan Teal) · A. leucophrys (Ringed Teal) · A. luzonica (Philippine Duck) · A. marecula (Amsterdam Duck) · A. melleri (Meller's Duck) · A. nesiotis (Campbell Island Teal) · A. oustaleti (Anjouan Island Sparrow Hawk) · A. penelope (European Widgeon) · A. platalea (Argentine Shoveller) · A. platyrhynchos (Duck) · A. platyrhynchos conboschas (Mallard) · A. platyrhynchos diazi (Mallard) · A. platyrhynchos platyrhynchos (Mallard) · A. poecilorhyncha (Western Spot-Billed Duck) · A. poecilorhyncha poecilorhyncha (Indian Spot-Billed Duck) · A. puna (Puna Teal) · A. punctata (Pacific Black Duck) · A. querquedula (Garganey Teal) · A. rhynchotis (Australasian Shoveler) · A. rhynchotis rhynchotis (Australasian Shoveler) · A. rubripes (North American Black Duck) · A. sibilatrix (Southern Chiloe Wigeon) · A. smithii (Cape Shoveller) · A. sparsa (African Black Duck) · A. sparsa sparsa (African Black Duck) · A. specularioides (Crested Duck) · A. specularioides specularioides (Crested Duck) · A. specularis (Bronze-Winged Duck) · A. strepera (Common Gadwall) · A. strepera strepera (Gadwall) · A. superciliosa (Black Duck) · A. superciliosa pelewensis (Gray Duck) · A. superciliosa superciliosa (Gray Duck) · A. theodori (Mauritian Duck) · A. undulata (African Yellow-Billed Duck) · A. undulata undulata (African Yellow-Billed Duck) · A. versicolor (Versicolor Teal) · A. versicolor versicolor (Versicolor Teal) · A. waigiuensis (Salvadori's Duck) · A. waigivensis (Salvadori's Duck) · A. wyvilliana (Koloa Piwai) · A. zonorhyncha (Eastern Spot-Billed Duck)
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Further Reading
- A natural history of the ducks / 2 1923 Boston; Houghton Mifflin Company; 1922-1926. url p. 53, p. 54, list of plates, page ix, contents, page v.
- Annotated CITES Appendices and Reservations CITES, WCMC url p. 65.
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. London: The Club, 1893- url p. 31.
- Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. London, 1874-98. url p. 189, p. 197.
- Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 159, p. 470.
- Checklist of CITES Species CITES, WCMC url p. 121, p. 180, p. 51.
- Checklist of CITES Species: a reference to the appendices to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora CITES url p. 166, p. 182, p. 186, p. 89.
- Checklist of birds listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation 338/97 JNCC url p. 16.
- Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 9 1905 Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1890- url p. 405, p. 80.
- Field Museum of Natural History bulletin. Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History, [1930]-c1990. url p. 7.
- Game, shore, and water birds of India, with additional references to their allied species in other parts of the world. London, W. Thacker, 1904. url .
- Occasional papers of Bernice P. Bishop Museum. Honolulu, Bishop Museum Press, 1898-1984. url , , p. 141, p. 141, p. 25, p. 25.
- Occasional papers. Honolulu, Bishop Museum Press. url p. 141, p. 25.
- Saipan, the ethnology of a war-devastated island / Alexander Spoehr [Chicago]Chicago Natural History Museum, 1954. url p. 24.
- Smithsonian miscellaneous collections. 107 1948 Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1862-1968. url p. 45.
- The Marine Mammal Commission compendium of selected treaties, international agreements, and other relevant documents on marine resources, wildlife, and the environment / compiled by Richard L. Wallace. Washington, D.C.: The Commission; 1994 url p. 626.
- The Osprey. Galesburg, Ill.: The Osprey Co., 1897-1902. url p. 66.
- The Plant world. Baltimore [etc.]Plant World Association [etc.] url p. 267.
- The useful plants of the island of Guam; with an introductory account of the physical features and natural history of the island, of the character and history of its people, and of their agriculture / by William Edwin Safford. Washington, D.C.: Govt. Print. Off., 1905. url p. 126, p. 405, p. 80.
- Treaties and other international agreements on fisheries, oceanographic resources, and wildlife to which the United States is party / prepared at the request of Hon. Warren G. Magnuson for the use of the Committee on Commerce, United States Senate, by the Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress. Washington, D.C.: U.S. G.P.O., 1974. url p. 156.
- University of Kansas publications, Museum of Natural History. 3 1951 Lawrence, University of Kansas. url p. 349, p. 355, fig. 8, page 46, p. 57, p. 58, p. 94, p. 95, p. 97.
- World Checklist of Threatened Birds Joint Nature Conservation Committee url p. 18.
- [Pamphlets on agriculture in Guam] S.l.: s.n., 1905-1916 url p. 80.
Notes
Contributors
- 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-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed March 19, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 11, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 11, 2008:
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: SEAMAP - marine mammals, birds and turtles
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 23150
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-202228
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14581696
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 202228
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 152364
Footnotes
- Mean = 185.280 meters (607.874 feet), Standard Deviation = 210.560 based on 7,427 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
