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The White-headed duck (Oxyura leucocephala) belongs to the family Anatidae under the order Anseriformes.
White-headed duck taxonomy
The Anatidae is the family of ducks, geese and swans. The family Anatidae was first introduced by William Elford Leach, MD, FRS (2 February 1791 – 25 August 1836), an English zoologist and marine biologist, in the year 1820.The family Anatidae comprises seven subfamilies, including Anatinae. The subfamily Anatinae includes eight genera and some 50–60 living species.
The genus Oxyura was first described by Charles Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaparte (24 May 1803 – 29 July 1857), a French biologist and ornithologist, in the year 1828.
The genus Oxyura comprises five species, viz., Oxyura australis, Oxyura jamaicensis, Oxyura leucocephala, Oxyura maccoa and Oxyura vittata. The species Oxyura leucocephala is monotypic.
| Taxonomic classification | |
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| Binomial name: | Oxyura leucocephala |
| Species: | O. leucocephala |
| Genus: | Oxyura |
| Subfamily: | - |
| Family: | Anatidae |
| Order: | Anseriformes |
| Class: | Aves |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
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| 1.White-headed duck - Oxyura leucocephala Image by Donald Macauley |
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| 2.White-headed duck - Oxyura leucocephala Image by Ron Knight |
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| 3.White-headed duck - Oxyura leucocephala Image by Benutzer:Else |
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| 4.White-headed duck - Oxyura leucocephala Image by Ferran Pestaña |
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| 5.White-headed duck - Oxyura leucocephala Image by cuatrok77 |
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| 6.White-headed duck - Oxyura leucocephala Image by Vince Smith |
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| 7.White-headed duck - Oxyura leucocephala Image by Ferran Pestaña |
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1.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/27770620@N02/6445734869/ (cropped)
Author: Donald Macauley | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 7/19/18
2.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/sussexbirder/8785220458/ (cropped)
Author: Ron Knight | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 7/19/18
3.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wei%C3%9Fkopfruderente_Oxyura_leucocephala_050324_Ausschnitt.jpg (cropped)
Author: Benutzer:Else | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 7/19/18
4.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oxyura_leucocephala,_Carabasi,_Alicante_3.jpg (cropped)
Author: Ferran Pestaña | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 7/19/18
5.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/cuatrok77/7982885691/ (cropped)
Author: cuatrok77 | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 7/19/18
6.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/vsmithuk/812260671/ (cropped)
Author: Vince Smith | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 7/19/18
7.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ferranp/449740549/ (cropped)
Author: Ferran Pestaña | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 7/19/18
8.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:White-headed_Duck_(Oxyura_leucocephala)_RWD1.jpg (cropped)
Author: Dick Daniels | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 7/19/18
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