Pink-headed Duck
Rhodonessa caryophyllacea(Latham, J, 1790)
English (US) Pink-headed Duck
The Pink-headed Duck (Rhodonessa caryophyllacea) 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: formerly India and Myanmar; probably extinct, last reported 1935Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Rhodonessa caryophyllacea
- Order
- Anseriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Critically Endangered
- English (US)
- Pink-headed Duck
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1790)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Anas caryophyllacea
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1790)
- Type locality
- India.
- Original description
- Index ornithologicus, sive systema ornithologiæ; complectens avium divisionem in classes, ordines, genera, species, ipsarumque varietates: adjectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, &c. 2 p.866
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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