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Bucephala clangula (common goldeneye)

Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Taxonomy
Anas clangula was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. Its type specimen is 1. It is the type species of Glaucionetta, Clangula.

It was recombined as Glaucionetta clangula by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Clangula clangula by Hay (1930); it was recombined as Bucephala clangula by Burchak-Abramovich and Burchak (1998), Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Kilmer and Steadman (2016), Clements et al. (2017).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Anas clangula Linnaeus
1902Glaucionetta clangula Hay p. 530
1930Clangula clangula Hay p. 307
1998Bucephala clangula Burchak-Abramovich and Burchak p. 55
2001Bucephala clangula Olson and Rasmussen p. 289
2016Bucephala clangula Kilmer and Steadman p. 10 fig. 8G,I
2017Bucephala clangula Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
RankNameAuthor
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
PangalloanseraeGauthier and de Queiroz 2001
GalloanseraeSibley and Ahlquist 1990
superorderGalloanserimorphae
orderAnseriformesWagler 1831
familyAnatidaeVigors 1825
subfamilyAnatinaeVigors 1825
tribeMerginiBonaparte 1838
genusBucephalaBaird 1858
speciesclangula()

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.

Bucephala clangula Linnaeus 1758 [common goldeneye]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available