Overview
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Common Names
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Common Names in Dutch:
Australische Stekelstaart
Common Names in English:
Australian Blue-Billed Duck, Blue-Billed Duck
Common Names in French:
Érismature Australe
Common Names in German:
Schwarzkinn-Ruderente
Description
Habitat
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:5.5Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater
Lakes
(over 8ha)
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Class:
Aves
()
- Birds
- Order:
Anseriformes
()
- Ducks, Geese
- Order:
Anseriformes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
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Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Similar Species
Members of the genus Oxyura
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 15 species and subspecies in this genus:
O. australis (Australian Blue-Billed Duck) · O. chrysanthemoides · O. dominica (St. Domingo Duck) · O. dominicus · O. ferruginea (Andean Duck) · O. ferruginea ferruginea (Andean Duck) · O. jamaicensis (North American Ruddy Duck) · O. jamaicensis andina (Colombian Ruddy Duck) · O. jamaicensis ferruginea · O. jamaicensis jamaicensis (North American Ruddy Duck) · O. jamaicensis rubica · O. jamaicensis rubida (Ruddy Duck) · O. leucocephala (White-Headed Duck) · O. maccoa (Maccoa Duck) · O. vittata (Argentine Blue-Billed Duck)
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Further Reading
- 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.
- Handbook to The birds of Australia. By John Gould. LondonPub. by the author, 1865. ENG url p. 379, p. 617.
- Novitates Zoologicae. London. url p. 239, p. 37.
- South Australian ornithologist. Adelaide, South Australian Ornithological Association. ENG url p. 107.
Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2006. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- BirdLife International 2006. Oxyura australis. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 October 2006.
- 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.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 4, 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 10, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 10, 2008:
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
- OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ): Bird specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3854296
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-175178
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 175178
- IUCN ID: 47134
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 133192
