West Indian Whistling-Duck
West Indian Whistling-Duck
Here the details of the West Indian Whistling-Duck named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Anas arborea Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.128
Taxonomy: Anseriformes / Anatidae / Dendrocygna
Taxonomy Code: wiwduc1
Type Locality: America = Jamaica.
Author: Linnaeus
Publish Year: 1758
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
DEFINITIONS
DENDROCYGNA
(Anatidae; Ϯ Wandering Whistling Duck D. arcuata) Gr. δενδρον dendron tree; L. cygnus or cycnus swan < Gr. κυκνος kuknos swan (cf. genus Cygnus Bechstein, 1803, swan); ""Dendrocygna" est vox hybrida; nomen enim græcum κυκνος, literis latinis scriptum, fit cycnus. Cygnus est nomen latinum." (Sundevall 1873); "DENDROCYGNA, Sw. Tree Ducks. Bill resembling that of a duck. Nostrils near the base. Feet lengthened. The toes long, and projecting beyond the membrane. Claws long, slender, and but slightly curved. Hind toe lengthened. D. arcuata. Horsf. Java. (fig. 325.) arborea. Edw. pl. 193" (Swainson 1837); "Dendrocygna Swainson, Classif. Bds., 2, 1837, p. 365. Type, by subsequent designation, Anas arcuata Horsfield. (Eyton, Monogr. Anat., 1838, p. 28.)" (Peters, 1931, I, p. 152).
Var. Dendrocygnus, Dendrocycna.
Synon. Ctenanas, Dendronessa, Lamprocygna, Leptotarsis, Nesocygna, Prosopocygna, Stagonocygna.
arborea / arboreus
L. arboreus arboreal, of a tree < arbor, arboris tree.
● "61 ANAS. ... arborea. 38. A. grisea, capite subcristato, abdomine albo nigroque maculato. Anas fistularis rufus, rostro nigro, occidentalis. Edw. av. 193. t. 193. Anas fistularis arboribus insidens. Sloan. jam. 2. p. 324. t. 272. Raj. av. 192. Habitat in America." (Linnaeus 1758) (Dendrocygna).
● "93. ALAUDA. ... arborea. 3. A. capite vitta annulari alba cincto. Alauda rectricibus fuscis: prima oblique dimidiato-alba, secunda tertia quarta macula alba cuneiformi. Fn. svec. 192. Alauda arborea. Will. orn. 149. Raj. av. 69. n. 2. Habitat in Europa, gregaria volitans." (Linnaeus 1758) (Lullula).
● "TREE SPARROW. FRINGILLA ARBOREA. ... If disturbed takes to trees, like the White-throated Sparrow, but contrary to the habit of most of the others, who are inclined rather to dive into thickets" (A. Wilson 1810) (Passerella).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)