Masked Duck
Nomonyx dominicus(Linnaeus, C, 1766)
English (US) Masked Duck
The Masked Duck (Nomonyx dominicus) 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: northeastern Mexico and Caribbean southward to South America; west of the Andes to western Ecuador, and east of the Andes to northern Argentina and BrazilRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Nomonyx dominicus
- Order
- Anseriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Masked Duck
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Anas dominica
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
- Type locality
- South America = Santo Domingo, from Brissonian reference.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1] p.201
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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