Black-headed Duck
Heteronetta atricapilla(Merrem, B, 1841)
English (US) Black-headed Duck
The Black-headed Duck (Heteronetta atricapilla) 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: lowlands of central Chile to Paraguay and southward to central ArgentinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Heteronetta atricapilla
- Order
- Anseriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black-headed Duck
- Described by
- (Merrem, B, 1841)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Anas atricapilla
- Described by
- (Merrem, B, 1841)
- Type locality
- Buenos Aires.
- Original description
- Allgemeine Encyclopädie der Wissenschaften und Kunste in alphabetischer Folge von genannten Schriftstellern bearbeitet und herausgeben von J.S. Ersch und J.G. Gruber sect.1, no.35 p.26
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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