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Dendrocygna
Taxonomy
Dendrocygna was named by Swinson (1837). It is extant. Its type is Dendrocygna arcuata. It is the type genus of Dendrocygninae.
It was assigned to Dendrocygnini by Mlíkovsky and Svec (1986); to Dendrocygninae by Hay (1930), Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Brodkorb (1964), Livezey and Martin (1988), Emslie (1992) and del Hoyo et al. (2014); and to Anatidae by Swinson (1837), Wetmore (1924) and Clements et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Dendrocygnini by Mlíkovsky and Svec (1986); to Dendrocygninae by Hay (1930), Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Brodkorb (1964), Livezey and Martin (1988), Emslie (1992) and del Hoyo et al. (2014); and to Anatidae by Swinson (1837), Wetmore (1924) and Clements et al. (2017).
Species
D. arborea, D. arcuata (type species), D. autumnalis, D. bicolor, D. eversa, D. eytoni, D. guttata, D. javanica, D. viduata
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1837 | Dendrocygna Swinson |
| 1924 | Dendrocygna Wetmore p. 3 |
| 1930 | Dendrocygna Hay p. 304 |
| 1933 | Dendrocygna Lambrecht p. 365 |
| 1940 | Dendrocygna Wetmore p. 23 |
| 1956 | Dendrocygna Wetmore p. 28 |
| 1964 | Dendrocygna Brodkorb p. 215 |
| 1986 | Dendrocygna Mlíkovsky and Svec p. 262 |
| 1988 | Dendrocygna Livezey and Martin p. 207 |
| 1992 | Dendrocygna Emslie p. 253 |
| 2014 | Dendrocygna del Hoyo et al. |
| 2017 | Dendrocygna Clements et al. |
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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.
G. Dendrocygna Swinson 1837
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Dendrocygna arborea Linnaeus 1758 [West Indian whistling duck]
Dendrocygna arcuata Horsfield 1824 [Wandering whistling-duck]
Dendrocygna autumnalis Linnaeus 1758 [Black-bellied whistling duck]
Dendrocygna bicolor Vieillot 1816 [Fulvous whistling-duck]
†Dendrocygna eversa Wetmore 1924
Dendrocygna eytoni Eyton 1838 [Plumed whistling-duck]
Dendrocygna guttata Schlegel 1866 [Spotted whistling-duck]
Dendrocygna javanica Horsfield 1821 [Lesser whistling-duck]
Dendrocygna viduata Linnaeus 1766 [White-faced whistling-duck]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Blancan to the top of the Holocene or 4.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.8 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.8 Ma
Collections (17 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Neogene | USA (Arizona) | D. eversa (216972) | |
| Zanclean | Australia (Queensland) | D. arcuata (182159) | |
| Montehermosan | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | D. sp. (152062) | |
| Blancan | USA (Florida) | D. sp. (19753) | |
| Lujanian | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | D. sp. (202096) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | East Timor | D. arcuata (204407) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | Venezuela (Zulia) | D. autumnalis, D. bicolor (63515) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Peru | D. autumnalis (71346) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Ecuador | D. autumnalis (152599) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Barbados | D. arborea, D. autumnalis (155059) | |
| Holocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | D. sp. (63338) | |
| Holocene | Bolivia (Chuquisaca) | D. sp. (70705) | |
| Holocene | Madagascar | D. sp. (195019) | |
| Holocene | Panama | D. viduata (195070) | |
| Holocene | Puerto Rico | D. arborea, D. autumnalis (194583) | |
| Holocene | Mexico (Chiapas) | D. autumnalis (195047) | |
| Holocene | Cook Islands | D. sp. (193448) |