Harlequin Duck
Histrionicus histrionicus(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
English (US) Harlequin Duck
The Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus) 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: breeds eastern Siberia and northern Japan, Alaska southward to Oregon and Wyoming, eastern Canada (southeastern Baffin Island southward to the Gulf of St. Lawrence), Greenland and Iceland; winters coastally from Siberia to Japan and Korea, from Alaska to central California, to the northeastern USA, southern Greenland, and IcelandRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Histrionicus histrionicus
- Order
- Anseriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Harlequin Duck
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Anas histrionica
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
- Type locality
- America, restricted type locality, Newfoundland, ex Edwards.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.127
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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