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Mergini (seaduck)
Taxonomy
Mergini was named by Bonaparte (1838). It is extant. Its type is Mergus.
It was reranked as the subfamily Merginae by Hay (1930), Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Brodkorb (1964), Howard (1972).
It was assigned to Anatidae by Hay (1930), Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Brodkorb (1964), Howard (1972), Zelenkov (2011); and to Anatinae by Alvarez and Olson (1978), Howard and Barnes (1987), Chandler (1990), Emslie (1992), Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Gonzalez et al. (2009), Zelenkov (2012), del Hoyo et al. (2014), Watanabe and Matsuoka (2015), Zelenkov (2017), Watanabe et al. (2020).
It was reranked as the subfamily Merginae by Hay (1930), Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Brodkorb (1964), Howard (1972).
It was assigned to Anatidae by Hay (1930), Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Brodkorb (1964), Howard (1972), Zelenkov (2011); and to Anatinae by Alvarez and Olson (1978), Howard and Barnes (1987), Chandler (1990), Emslie (1992), Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Gonzalez et al. (2009), Zelenkov (2012), del Hoyo et al. (2014), Watanabe and Matsuoka (2015), Zelenkov (2017), Watanabe et al. (2020).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1838 | Mergini Bonaparte |
| 1930 | Merginae Hay p. 309 |
| 1933 | Merginae Lambrecht p. 353 |
| 1940 | Merginae Wetmore p. 28 |
| 1956 | Merginae Wetmore p. 34 |
| 1964 | Merginae Brodkorb p. 330 |
| 1972 | Merginae Howard p. 11 |
| 1978 | Mergini Alvarez and Olson p. 522 |
| 1987 | Mergini Howard and Barnes p. 3 |
| 1990 | Mergini Chandler p. 130 |
| 1992 | Mergini Emslie p. 257 |
| 2001 | Mergini Olson and Rasmussen p. 286 |
| 2009 | Mergini Gonzalez et al. |
| 2011 | Mergini Zelenkov p. 194 |
| 2012 | Mergini Zelenkov p. 526 |
| 2014 | Mergini del Hoyo et al. |
| 2015 | Mergini Watanabe and Matsuoka pp. e994745-4 |
| 2017 | Mergini Zelenkov p. 224 |
| 2020 | Mergini Watanabe et al. p. 3 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Tr. Mergini Bonaparte 1838 [seaduck]
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G. Bucephala Baird 1858
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Bucephala albeola Linnaeus 1758 [bufflehead]
†Bucephala albeola fossilis Howard 1963
†Bucephala angustipes Jánossy 1965
Bucephala clangula Linnaeus 1758 [common goldeneye]
Bucephala islandica Gmelin 1789 [Barrow's goldeneye]
†Bucephala ossivallis Brodkorb 1955
Invalid names: Charitonetta Stejneger 1885 [synonym], Glaucionetta Someguy [synonym]
G. Melanitta Boie 1822 [scoter]
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Subg. Melanitta (Pelionetta) Kaup 1829
†Melanitta ceruttii Chandler 1990
Melanitta fusca Linnaeus 1758 [velvet scoter]
Melanitta fusca deglandi Bonaparte 1850 [white-winged scoter]
Melanitta nigra Linnaeus 1758 [common scoter]
Melanitta perspicillata Linnaeus 1758 [surf scoter]
Invalid names: Oidemia Fleming 1822 [synonym]
G. Mergus Linnaeus 1758 [merganser]
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†Mergus australis Hombron and Jacquinot 1841 [Auckland Islands merganser]
Mergus merganser Linnaeus 1758 [common merganser]
†Mergus milleneri Williams and Tennyson 2014
†Mergus miscellus Alvarez and Olson 1978
Mergus serrator Linnaeus 1758 [red-breasted merganser]
G. Somateria Leach 1819 [eider]
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Somateria fischeri Brandt 1847 [Spectacled eider]
†Somateria gravipes Harrison 1979
Somateria mollissima Linnaeus 1758 [common eider]
Somateria spectabilis Linnaeus 1758 [king eider]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available