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Black-bellied whistling-duck taxonomy
The Anatidae is the family of ducks, teals, 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 Dendrocygninae. The subfamily Dendrocygninae was first described by Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach (January 8, 1793 – March 17, 1879), a German botanist and ornithologist, in the year 1850.
The subfamily Dendrocygninae is monotypic and contains a single genus Dendrocygna. The genus Dendrocygna was first introduced by William John Swainson FLS, FRS (8 October 1789 – 6 December 1855), an English ornithologist, malacologist, conchologist and entomologist, in the year 1837.
The genus Dendrocygna is polytypic and comprises eight species, including Dendrocygna autumnalis. The species Dendrocygna autumnalis is polytypic and contains subspecies D. a. fulgens and D. a. autumnalis.
The duck species Dendrocygna autumnalis was first described by Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, in the year 1758.
| Taxonomic classification | |
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| Binomial name: | Dendrocygna autumnalis |
| Species: | D. autumnalis |
| Genus: | Dendrocygna |
| Subfamily: | - |
| Family: | Anatidae |
| Order: | Anseriformes |
| Class: | Aves |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
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| 1.Black-bellied whistling-duck - Dendrocygna autumnalis Image by Jose getulio de oliveira |
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| 2.Black-bellied whistling-duck - Dendrocygna autumnalis Image by Russ |
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| 3.Black-bellied whistling-duck - Dendrocygna autumnalis Image by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
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| 4.Black-bellied whistling-duck - Dendrocygna autumnalis Image by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
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| 5.Black-bellied whistling-duck - Dendrocygna autumnalis Image by Alejandro Bayer Tamayo |
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| 6.Black-bellied whistling-duck - Dendrocygna autumnalis Image by Alejandro Bayer Tamayo |
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| 7.Black-bellied whistling-duck - Dendrocygna autumnalis Image by Alan D. Wilson, www.naturespicsonline.com |
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| 8.Black-bellied whistling-duck - Dendrocygna autumnalis Image by ALAN SCHMIERER |
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| 9.Black-bellied whistling-duck - Dendrocygna autumnalis Image by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Digital Visual Library |
1.Black-bellied whistling-duck image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asa_branca_Dendrocygna_autumnalis_em_Boituva_SP.jpg (cropped)
Author: Jose getulio de oliveira | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 10/12/18
2.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/russ-w/33483890031/in/photostream/ (cropped)
Author: Russ | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 10/12/18
3.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/usfwshq/19838840096/in/photostream/ (cropped)
Author: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 10/12/18
4.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/usfwshq/19864273025/ (cropped)
Author: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 10/12/18
5.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/alejobayer/15774494564/ (cropped)
Author: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo | License: Public domain as on 10/12/18
6.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dendrocygna_autumnalis_(Iguaza_com%C3%BAn)_(14238455322).jpg (cropped)
Author: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 10/12/18
7.Image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Whistling_duck_flight02_-_natures_pics-edit1.jpg (cropped)
Author: Alan D. Wilson, www.naturespicsonline.com | License: CC BY 4.0 as on 10/12/18
8.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/sloalan/22433393000/ (cropped)
Author: ALAN SCHMIERER | License: Public domain as on 10/12/18
9.Image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dendrocygna_autumnalis_USACE.jpg (cropped)
Author: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Digital Visual Library | License: Public domain as on 10/12/18
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