White-headed Duck
Oxyura leucocephala(Scopoli, GA, 1769)
English (US) White-headed Duck
The White-headed Duck (Oxyura leucocephala) 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: patchily distributed Mediterranean basin to central AsiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Oxyura leucocephala
- Order
- Anseriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- White-headed Duck
- Described by
- (Scopoli, GA, 1769)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Anas leucocephala
- Described by
- (Scopoli, GA, 1769)
- Type locality
- No type locality given, but probably from northern Italy.
- Original description
- Annus I Historico-naturalis. Descriptiones avium musei proprii earumque rariorum, quas vidit in vivario Augustiss. Imperatorus, et museo excell. Comitis Francisci Annib. Turriani p.65
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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