Pink-eared Duck
Malacorhynchus membranaceus(Latham, J, 1801)
English (US) Pink-eared Duck
The Pink-eared Duck (Malacorhynchus membranaceus) 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: Australia including eastern TasmaniaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Malacorhynchus membranaceus
- Order
- Anseriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Pink-eared Duck
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1801)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Anas membranacea
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1801)
- Type locality
- New South Wales.
- Original description
- Supplementum indicis ornithologici, sive systematis ornithologiæ p.lxix
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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