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Dendrocygninae (whistling duck)
Taxonomy
Dendrocygninae was named by Reichenbach (1850). It is extant. Its type is Dendrocygna.
It was reranked as the tribe Dendrocygnini by Mlíkovsky and Svec (1986).
It was assigned to Anserinae by Mlíkovsky and Svec (1986); and to Anatidae by Hay (1930), Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Brodkorb (1964), Cheneval (1984), Livezey and Martin (1988), Emslie (1992), Dozo et al. (2010), del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Zelenkov (2017).
It was reranked as the tribe Dendrocygnini by Mlíkovsky and Svec (1986).
It was assigned to Anserinae by Mlíkovsky and Svec (1986); and to Anatidae by Hay (1930), Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Brodkorb (1964), Cheneval (1984), Livezey and Martin (1988), Emslie (1992), Dozo et al. (2010), del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Zelenkov (2017).
Subtaxa
Dendrocygna (type genus)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1850 | Dendrocygninae Reichenbach |
| 1930 | Dendrocygninae Hay p. 304 |
| 1933 | Dendrocygninae Lambrecht p. 365 |
| 1940 | Dendrocygninae Wetmore p. 23 |
| 1956 | Dendrocygninae Wetmore p. 28 |
| 1964 | Dendrocygninae Brodkorb p. 214 |
| 1984 | Dendrocygninae Cheneval p. 96 |
| 1986 | Dendrocygnini Mlíkovsky and Svec p. 261 |
| 1988 | Dendrocygninae Livezey and Martin p. 207 |
| 1992 | Dendrocygninae Emslie p. 253 |
| 2010 | Dendrocygninae Dozo et al. p. 105 figs. 3 G,H |
| 2014 | Dendrocygninae del Hoyo et al. |
| 2017 | Dendrocygninae Zelenkov p. 224 |
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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.
Subfm. Dendrocygninae Reichenbach 1850 [whistling duck]
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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