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Biziura
Taxonomy
Biziura was named by Stephens (1824). It is extant.
It was assigned to Erismaturinae by Lambrecht (1933); to Oxyurini by Gonzalez et al. (2009); to Oxyurinae by Brodkorb (1964), del Hoyo et al. (2014); to Anatidae by De Vis (1905), Zelenkov (2017), Clements et al. (2017); and to Anatinae by Worthy and Nguyen (2020).
It was assigned to Erismaturinae by Lambrecht (1933); to Oxyurini by Gonzalez et al. (2009); to Oxyurinae by Brodkorb (1964), del Hoyo et al. (2014); to Anatidae by De Vis (1905), Zelenkov (2017), Clements et al. (2017); and to Anatinae by Worthy and Nguyen (2020).
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by M. Uhen on 2016-02-12; modified by G. Lloyd on 2019-12-16
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1824 | Biziura Stephens |
| 1905 | Biziura De Vis p. 14 |
| 1933 | Biziura Lambrecht p. 354 |
| 1964 | Biziura Brodkorb p. 332 |
| 2009 | Biziura Gonzalez et al. |
| 2014 | Biziura del Hoyo et al. |
| 2017 | Biziura Clements et al. |
| 2017 | Biziura Zelenkov p. 224 |
| 2020 | Biziura Worthy and Nguyen p. 78 |
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G. Biziura Stephens 1824
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†Biziura delautouri Forbes 1891 [New Zealand musk duck]
Biziura lobata Shaw 1796 [Musk duck]
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Invalid names: Biziura exhumata De Vis 1901 [synonym], Dendrocygna validipinnis DeVis 1888 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available