Eaton’s Pintail
Eaton's Pintail
Here the details of the Eaton's Pintail named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Querquedula eatoni Ibis p.328
Taxonomy: Anseriformes / Anatidae / Anas
Taxonomy Code: eatpin1
Type Locality: Kerguelen Island.
Author: Sharpe
Publish Year: 1875
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
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.
eatoni
● Revd. Alfred Edmond Eaton (1845-1929) English naturalist, explorer (Anas, syn. Pachyptila turtur).
● Warren Francis Eaton (1900-1936) US naturalist (syn. Strix virgata centralis).
● Lt. Dr George Francis Eaton (1872-1949) US Navy, palaeontologist, geologist (‡Sturnella neglecta).
SUBSPECIES
Eaton's Pintail (eatoni)
SCI Name: Anas eatoni eatoni
eatoni
● Revd. Alfred Edmond Eaton (1845-1929) English naturalist, explorer (Anas, syn. Pachyptila turtur).
● Warren Francis Eaton (1900-1936) US naturalist (syn. Strix virgata centralis).
● Lt. Dr George Francis Eaton (1872-1949) US Navy, palaeontologist, geologist (‡Sturnella neglecta).
Eaton's Pintail (drygalskii)
SCI Name: Anas eatoni drygalskii
drygalskii
Prof. Erich Dagobert von Drygalski (1865-1949) Prussian geophysicist, polar explorer (Anas).
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)