Bernier’s Teal
Bernier's Teal
Here the details of the Bernier's Teal named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Querquedula Bernieri J.Orn. 8 p.173
Taxonomy: Anseriformes / Anatidae / Anas
Taxonomy Code: bertea1
Type Locality: Madagascar.
Author: Hartlaub
Publish Year: 1860
IUCN Status: Endangered
DEFINITIONS
ANAS
(Anatidae; Ϯ Mallard A. platyrhynchos) L. anas, anatis duck. The Mallard is the wild ancestor of the farmyard duck and its many domesticated forms; "61. ANAS. Rostrum lamelloso-dentatum, convexum, obtusum. Lingua ciliata, obtusa." (Linnaeus 1758); "Anas Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, p. 122. Type, by subsequent designation (Lesson, 1828, Man. Ornith., 2, p. 417), Anas boschas Linnaeus = Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus." (Johnsgard in Peters, 1979, I, ed. 2, p. 460). Linnaeus's Anas comprised thirty-nine species (A. Cygnus, A. Cygnoid, A. Tadorna, A. spectabilis, A. fusca, A. nigra, A. Anser, A. erythropus, A. canadensis, A. cærulescens, A. Bernicla, A. mollissima, A. moschata, A. bahamensis, A. Albeola, A. clypeata, A. platyrhynchos, A. strepera, A. bucephala, A. Clangula, A. rustica, A. perspicillata, A. Glaucion, A. Penelope, A. acuta, A. hyemalis, A. ferina, A. Querquedula, A. Crecca, A. histrionica, A. minuta, A. Circia, A. autumnalis, A. Boschas, A. adunca, A. galericulata, A. Sponsa, A. arborea, A. Fuligula).
Var. Annas, Anos, Anus, Asnas.
Synon. Aethiopinetta, Afranas, Aldabranas, Archeoquerquedula, Boschas, Crecca, Dafila, Dafilonettion, Dafilula, Elasmonetta, Horizonetta, Melananas, Micronetta, Nesonetta, Nettion, Notonetta, Pachyanas, Paecilonitta, Phasianurus, Philippinetta, Polionetta, Trachelonetta, Virago, Xenonetta.
bernieri
● Alphonse Charles Joseph Bernier (1802-1858) French Navy, surgeon-naturalist, collector in Madagascar (Anas, syn. Gallinago macrodactyla, Oriolia, Threskiornis).
● Bernier Island, Western Australia (syn. Haematopus fuliginosus, subsp. Malurus lamberti).
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)