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Cygnus atratus (black swan)
Taxonomy
Anas atrata was named by Latham (1790). It is extant.
It was recombined as Cygnus atratus by Worthy (1998), Worthy and Grant-Mackie (2003), del Hoyo et al. (2014), Clements et al. (2017), Worthy and Nguyen (2020).
It was recombined as Cygnus atratus by Worthy (1998), Worthy and Grant-Mackie (2003), del Hoyo et al. (2014), Clements et al. (2017), Worthy and Nguyen (2020).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1790 | Anas atrata Latham |
| 1998 | Cygnus atratus Worthy p. 115 |
| 2003 | Cygnus atratus Worthy and Grant-Mackie p. 449 |
| 2014 | Cygnus atratus del Hoyo et al. |
| 2017 | Cygnus atratus Clements et al. |
| 2020 | Cygnus atratus Worthy and Nguyen p. 76 |
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Cygnus atratus Latham 1790 [black swan]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available