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Melanitta perspicillata (surf scoter)
Taxonomy
Anas perspicillata was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. Its type specimen is 1.
It was recombined as Oidemia perspicillata by Hay (1930); it was recombined as Melanitta (Pelionetta) perspicillata by Wetmore (1940); it was recombined as Melanitta perspicillata by Miller and DeMay (1942), Wetmore (1956), Howard (1963), Guthrie (1992), Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Broughton (2004), Clements et al. (2017).
It was recombined as Oidemia perspicillata by Hay (1930); it was recombined as Melanitta (Pelionetta) perspicillata by Wetmore (1940); it was recombined as Melanitta perspicillata by Miller and DeMay (1942), Wetmore (1956), Howard (1963), Guthrie (1992), Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Broughton (2004), Clements et al. (2017).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1758 | Anas perspicillata Linnaeus |
| 1930 | Oidemia perspicillata Hay p. 308 |
| 1940 | Melanitta (Pelionetta) perspicillata Wetmore p. 27 |
| 1942 | Melanitta perspicillata Miller and DeMay p. 89 |
| 1956 | Melanitta perspicillata Wetmore p. 33 |
| 1963 | Melanitta perspicillata Howard p. 13 |
| 1992 | Melanitta perspicillata Guthrie p. 321 |
| 2001 | Melanitta perspicillata Olson and Rasmussen p. 289 |
| 2004 | Melanitta perspicillata Broughton p. 21 |
| 2017 | Melanitta perspicillata Clements et al. |
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Melanitta perspicillata Linnaeus 1758 [surf scoter]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available