Madagascar Pochard
Aythya innotata(Salvadori, AT, 1894)
English (US) Madagascar Pochard
The Madagascar Pochard (Aythya innotata) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Anatidae (Ducks, Swans, and Geese) in the order Anseriformes.
Range: Lac Alaotra and Lac Matsaborimena (north-central and northwestern Madagascar, respectively); thought extinct until rediscovered at Lac Matsaborimena in 2006Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Aythya innotata
- Order
- Anseriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Critically Endangered
- English (US)
- Madagascar Pochard
- Described by
- (Salvadori, AT, 1894)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Nyroca innotata
- Described by
- (Salvadori, AT, 1894)
- Type locality
- Betsileo, Madagascar.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 4 p.2
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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