Harlequin Duck / Histrionicus histrionicus
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Harlequin Duck
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Protonym: Anas histrionica Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.127
Taxonomy: Anseriformes / Anatidae / Histrionicus
Taxonomy Code: harduc
Type Locality: America, restricted type locality, Newfoundland, ex Edwards.
Author: Linnaeus
Publish Year: 1758
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
HISTRIONICUS
(Anatidae; Ϯ Harlequin Duck H. histrionicus) Specific name Anas histrionicus Linnaeus, 1758; "IVe Sous-genre. GARROT, Cuv., histrionicus. Bec court, peu élevé, sans arête, étroit à la pointe; narines basales, arrondies; queue cunéiforme. Type: l'arlequin (anas histrionica) L., enl. 798 (mâle) et 799 (femelle) de Terre-Neuve." (Lesson 1828); "Histrionicus Lesson, 1828, Man. Ornith., 2, p. 415. Type, by original designation, Anas histrionica Linnaeus." (Johnsgard in Peters, 1979, I, 2nd ed., p. 491)..
Synon. Clangula, Cosmonessa, Ocyplonessa, Phlyaconetta.
histrionicus
L. histrionicus like a harlequin, histrionic < histrio, histrionis harlequin, actor.
● "61. ANAS. ... histrionica. 30. A. fusca albo cæruleoque varia, auribus, temporibus linea gemina, collari fasciaque pectorali albis. Anas fuscus maculatus. Edw. av. 99. t. 99. Habitat in America." (Linnaeus 1758) (Histrionicus).
HISTRIONICUS
(Anatidae; Ϯ Harlequin Duck H. histrionicus) Specific name Anas histrionicus Linnaeus, 1758; "IVe Sous-genre. GARROT, Cuv., histrionicus. Bec court, peu élevé, sans arête, étroit à la pointe; narines basales, arrondies; queue cunéiforme. Type: l'arlequin (anas histrionica) L., enl. 798 (mâle) et 799 (femelle) de Terre-Neuve." (Lesson 1828); "Histrionicus Lesson, 1828, Man. Ornith., 2, p. 415. Type, by original designation, Anas histrionica Linnaeus." (Johnsgard in Peters, 1979, I, 2nd ed., p. 491)..
Synon. Clangula, Cosmonessa, Ocyplonessa, Phlyaconetta.
histrionicus
L. histrionicus like a harlequin, histrionic < histrio, histrionis harlequin, actor.
● "61. ANAS. ... histrionica. 30. A. fusca albo cæruleoque varia, auribus, temporibus linea gemina, collari fasciaque pectorali albis. Anas fuscus maculatus. Edw. av. 99. t. 99. Habitat in America." (Linnaeus 1758) (Histrionicus).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
