Common Names
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Common Names in Dutch:
Vlekbekeend
Common Names in English:
Chinese Spotbill, Indian Spot-Billed Duck, Spot-Billed Duck, Spotbill Duck, Yellow-Nib Duck
Common Names in French:
Canard à Bec Tacheté
Common Names in German:
Fleckschnabelente
Common Names in Japanese:
カルガモ
Common Names in Russian:
Кряква черная
Description
Habitat
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -1,867 meters (0 to -6,125 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
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)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Class:
Aves
()
- Birds
- Order:
Anseriformes
()
- Ducks, Geese
- Order:
Anseriformes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Anas poecilorhynca Forster, 1781
- Anas poecilorhynca J. R. Forster, 1781
- Anas poecilorhyncha Forster, Jr 1781
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Similar Species
Members of the genus Anas
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 186 species and subspecies in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
A. (Mareca) penelope · 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 / Baldpate) · A. anas · A. andium · A. angustirostris · A. arcuata · A. aucklandica (Campbell Island Flightless Teal) · A. aucklandica aucklandica (New Zealand Brown Teal) · A. aucklandica chlorotis · A. aucklandica nesiotis (Campbell Island Flightless Teal) · A. aurita · A. bahamensis (White-Cheeked Pintail) · A. bahamensis bahamensis (White-Cheeked Pintail) · A. bahamensis galapagensis (White-Cheeked Pintail Duck) · A. bahamensis rubirostris · A. bahamensis rubrirostris · A. bahamensis ssp · A. bernieri (Madagascar Teal) · A. blanchardi · A. boscas · A. boschas · A. boschas domesticus · A. brasiliensis · A. capensis (African Cape Teal) · A. carolinensis (Green-Winged Teal) · A. castanea (Chestnut-Breasted Teal) · A. chiloensis · A. chlorotis (Brown Teal) · A. circia · A. clypeata (Red-Breasted Shoveler) · A. clypeata x · 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. cristata · A. cyanoptera (South American Teal) · A. cyanoptera borreroi · A. cyanoptera cyanoptera (South American Teal) · A. cyanoptera orinoma · A. cyanoptera orinomus · A. cyanoptera septentrionalium (Cinnamon Teal) · A. cyanoptera ssp · A. cyanoptera tropica · A. cyanoptera tropicus · 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. domesticus · A. drygalskii · A. eatoni (Eaton's Pintail) · A. eatoni drygalskii · A. eatoni eatoni · A. erythrophthalma · A. erythrorhyncha (Red-Billed Duck) · A. falcata (Bronze-Capped Teal) · A. flavirostris (Speckled/chilean Teal) · A. flavirostris altipetens · A. flavirostris andinum · A. flavirostris andium · A. flavirostris flavirostris (Speckled/chilean Teal) · A. flavirostris oxyptera · A. flavirostris ssp · A. floridana · A. formosa (Spectacled Teal) · A. formosa georgi (Spectacled Teal) · A. formosus · A. fretensis · A. fulcigula (Mottled Duck) · A. fuligula · A. fulva · A. fulvigula (Summer Black Duck) · A. fulvigula fulvigula (Summer Black Duck) · A. fulvigula maculosa (Mottled Duck) · A. gambensis · A. georgica (Yellow-Billed Pintail) · A. georgica georgica (Yellow-Billed Pintail) · A. georgica niceforoi · A. georgica spinicauda · A. gibberifrons (Sunda Teal) · A. gibberifrons albogularis · A. gibberifrons gibberifrons (Sunda Teal) · 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
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Further Reading
- A bibliography of birds: with special reference to anatomy, behavior, biochemistry --. by Reuben Myron Strong Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1959 UND url p. 15, p. 274.
- Abstammungslehre, Systematik, Palontologie, Biogeographie; unter Redaktion von R. Hertwig und R. v. Wettstein. Bearb. von R. Hertwig, L. Plate [u. a.] Mit 112 Abbildungen im Text. Leipzig [etc.]B. G. Teubner, 1914. GER url p. 11.
- Annals and magazine of natural history: including zoology, botany and geology London. url p. 171.
- Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, -1965. ENG url p. 117, p. 120, p. 127, p. 146, p. 148, p. 149, p. 150.
- Archiv fr Naturgeschichte. Berlin: Nicolai, 1835- GER url p. 100, p. 206, p. 54, p. 66, p. 81.
- 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 notes. Brighton: Foreign Bird Club: 1902-1925. ENG url p. 195.
- 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.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. ENG url p. 237, p. 50, p. 590.
- Glimpses of Indian birds, by Douglas Dewar. London, John Lane;1913. ENG url p. 40.
- Ibis. [London]Published for the British Ornithologists' Union by Academic Press. ENG url p. 137, p. 176, p. 213, p. 27, p. 394.
- Monatsschrift des Deutschen Vereins zum Schutze der Vogelwelt. Zangenberg [etc.] GER url p. 396.
- Ornithological & other oddities, Frank Finn late deputy superintendent of the Indian museum, Calcutta; with fifty-six illustrations reproduced from photographs. London, J. Lane1907. ENG url p. 11, p. 20.
- The Cambridge natural history, ed. by S.F. Harmer and A.E. Shipley [London, Macmillan and co., limited;1895-1909] ENG url p. 127.
- The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. Bombay: The Society, ENG url p. 525.
Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. Anas poecilorhyncha. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 October 2006.
- BirdLife International 2004. 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 February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 5 providers.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:
- Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum: Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data
- 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: 3854372
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-553918
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 553918
- IUCN ID: 47189
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 132818
Footnotes
- Mean = -119.090 meters (-390.715 feet), Standard Deviation = 338.600 based on 149 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
