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Melanitta
Boie, 1822
(bird)
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Anatinae (Subfamily) - pond ducks
..Aix (Genus)
..Amazonetta (Genus)
..Anas (Genus) - Pacific black duck
..Asarcornis (Genus)
..Aythya (Genus) - hardhead
..Biziura (Genus) - musk duck
..Bucephala (Genus)
..Cairina (Genus)
..Callonetta (Genus)
..‡Camptorhynchus (Genus)
..Chenonetta (Genus) - maned duck
..Clangula (Genus)
..†Eoneornis (Genus)
..†Eutelornis (Genus)
..Heteronetta (Genus)
..Histrionicus (Genus)
..Lophodytes (Genus)
..Lophonetta (Genus)
..Malacorhynchus (Genus) - pink-eared duck
..Marmaronetta (Genus)
..Mergellus (Genus)
..Mergus (Genus)
..Netta (Genus)
..Nettapus (Genus) - green pygmy-goose
..Nomonyx (Genus)
..Oxyura (Genus) - blue-billed duck
..‡Pachyanas (Genus)
..Polysticta (Genus)
..Pteronetta (Genus)
..Rhodonessa (Genus)
..Salvadorina (Genus)
..Somateria (Genus)
..Speculanas (Genus)
..Melanitta (Genus)
....Melanitta fusca (Species) - white-winged scoter
....Melanitta nigra (Species) - black scoter
....Melanitta perspicillata (Species) - surf scoter
Concise hierarchy
(Kingdom)
Animalia
-
(Phylum)
Chordata
-
(Class)
Reptilia
-
(Order)
Anseriformes
-
(Family)
Anatidae
Current position
Anatinae
(Subfamily)
Vigors, 1825
Ref:
E.C. Dickinson, 2003
: 69.
Alternative positions
Anatidae
(Family)
Vigors, 1825
Ref:
J. van der Land, 2001
: 375.
Anatini
(Tribe)
Vigors, 1825
Ref:
B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993
: 18.
Merginae
(Subfamily)
Bonaparte
Ref:
E. Mayr & G.W. Cottrell, 1979
Mergini
(Tribe)
Ref:
B. Grzimek et al., 1973 (1968)
: 581.
Historical positions
Anatinae
(Subfamily)
Vigors, 1825
Ref:
E.C. Dickinson, 2003
: 69.
Anatidae
(Family)
Vigors, 1825
Ref:
J. van der Land, 2001
: 375.
Anatini
(Tribe)
Vigors, 1825
Ref:
B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993
: 18.
Anatinae
(Subfamily)
Vigors, 1825
Ref:
C.M. Perrins, 1991 (1990)
: 369.
Mergini
(Tribe)
Ref:
B. Grzimek et al., 1973 (1968)
: 581.
Number of Subtaxa
2024
Available in Systema Naturae 2000
3s;5ss
1989-present
Systema Naturae 2000
: 5 May 2015
[3s;5ss]
2003
E.C. Dickinson
: 69
[3s;5ss]
1993
B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley
[3s]
1991 (1990)
C.M. Perrins
[5s]
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Last updated:
1 Feb 2024