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Sarkidiornis Melanotos - Royal Museum For Central Africa - DSC06799
''Sarkidiornis'' is a genus within the family ''Anatidae''. ''Sarkidiornis'' is sometimes considered a monotypic genus with its sole member the knob-billed duck The knob-billed duck (''Sarkidiornis melanotos''), or African comb duck, is a duck found in tropical wetlands in Sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar and the Indian Subcontinent from northern India to Laos and extreme southern China. Most taxonomic au ... (''S. melanotos''), a cosmopolitan species. Most taxonomic authorities, however, split the species into two: References * https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=175243#null ITIS reference {{Taxonbar, from=Q2712557 Taxa named by Thomas Campbell Eyton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Campbell Eyton
Thomas Campbell Eyton JP, DL (10 September 1809 – 25 October 1880) was an English naturalist whose fields were cattle, fishes and birds. He was a friend and correspondent of Charles Darwin though he opposed his theories. Eyton was born at Eyton Hall, near Wellington, Shropshire. He studied at St John's College, Cambridge, where he was a contemporary and friend of Charles Darwin. After succeeding to the estate in 1855 Eyton built a large natural history museum at Eyton Hall that included a range of bird skins and skeletons, described as "one of the finest in Europe". Besides Darwin, Eyton enjoyed a correspondence with other naturalists including Louis Agassiz, Asa Gray and Alfred Russel Wallace. Eyton published ''History of the Rarer British Birds'' (1836), ''A Monograph on the Anatidae, Or Duck Tribe'' (1838), ''A History of Oyster and Oyster Fisheries'' (1858) and ''Osteologia Avium'' (1871–78). He established in about 1842 the ''Herd Book of Hereford Cattle'', which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knob-billed Duck
The knob-billed duck (''Sarkidiornis melanotos''), or African comb duck, is a duck found in tropical wetlands in Sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar and the Indian Subcontinent from northern India to Laos and extreme southern China. Most taxonomic authorities split this species and the comb duck from each other. The supposed extinct "Mauritian comb duck" is based on misidentified remains of the Mauritius sheldgoose (''Alopochen mauritiana''); this was realized as early as 1897, but the mistaken identity can still occasionally be found in recent sources. Description and systematics This common species is unmistakable. It is one of the largest species of duck. Length can range from , wingspan ranges from and weight from . biodiver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knob-billed Duck (Sarkidiornis Melanotos) Male
The knob-billed duck (''Sarkidiornis melanotos''), or African comb duck, is a duck found in tropical wetlands in Sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar and the Indian Subcontinent from northern India to Laos and extreme southern China. Most taxonomic authorities split this species and the comb duck from each other. The supposed extinct "Mauritian comb duck" is based on misidentified remains of the Mauritius sheldgoose (''Alopochen mauritiana''); this was realized as early as 1897, but the mistaken identity can still occasionally be found in recent sources. Description and systematics This common species is unmistakable. It is one of the largest species of duck. Length can range from , wingspan ranges from and weight from . biodiver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarkidiornis Melanotos
The knob-billed duck (''Sarkidiornis melanotos''), or African comb duck, is a duck found in tropical wetlands in Sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar and the Indian Subcontinent from northern India to Laos and extreme southern China. Most taxonomic authorities split this species and the comb duck from each other. The supposed extinct "Mauritian comb duck" is based on misidentified remains of the Mauritius sheldgoose (''Alopochen mauritiana''); this was realized as early as 1897, but the mistaken identity can still occasionally be found in recent sources. Description and systematics This common species is unmistakable. It is one of the largest species of duck. Length can range from , wingspan ranges from and weight from . biodiver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knob-billed Duck
The knob-billed duck (''Sarkidiornis melanotos''), or African comb duck, is a duck found in tropical wetlands in Sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar and the Indian Subcontinent from northern India to Laos and extreme southern China. Most taxonomic authorities split this species and the comb duck from each other. The supposed extinct "Mauritian comb duck" is based on misidentified remains of the Mauritius sheldgoose (''Alopochen mauritiana''); this was realized as early as 1897, but the mistaken identity can still occasionally be found in recent sources. Description and systematics This common species is unmistakable. It is one of the largest species of duck. Length can range from , wingspan ranges from and weight from . biodiver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarkidiornis Sylvicola (male, Captive)
The comb duck or American comb duck (''Sarkidiornis sylvicola''), is an unusual duck, found in tropical wetlands in continental South America south to the Paraguay River region in eastern Paraguay, southeastern Brazil and extreme northeastern Argentina, and as a vagrant on Trinidad. Most taxonomic authorities split this species and the knob-billed duck from each other. The comb duck is generally smaller in size when compared to the knob-billed duck, and flanks are darker (black in males, medium grey in females). Description and systematics This common species is unmistakable. It is one of the largest species of duck. Length can range from , wingspan ranges from and weight from . biodiversityexplorer.org Adults have a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarkidiornis Sylvicola
The comb duck or American comb duck (''Sarkidiornis sylvicola''), is an unusual duck, found in tropical wetlands in continental South America south to the Paraguay River region in eastern Paraguay, southeastern Brazil and extreme northeastern Argentina, and as a vagrant on Trinidad. Most taxonomic authorities split this species and the knob-billed duck from each other. The comb duck is generally smaller in size when compared to the knob-billed duck, and flanks are darker (black in males, medium grey in females). Description and systematics This common species is unmistakable. It is one of the largest species of duck. Length can range from , wingspan ranges from and weight from . biodiversityexplorer.org Adults have a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comb Duck
The comb duck or American comb duck (''Sarkidiornis sylvicola''), is an unusual duck, found in tropical wetlands in continental South America south to the Paraguay River region in eastern Paraguay, southeastern Brazil and extreme northeastern Argentina, and as a vagrant on Trinidad. Most taxonomic authorities split this species and the knob-billed duck from each other. The comb duck is generally smaller in size when compared to the knob-billed duck, and flanks are darker (black in males, medium grey in females). Description and systematics This common species is unmistakable. It is one of the largest species of duck. Length can range from , wingspan ranges from and weight from . biodiversityexplorer.org Adults have a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarkidiornis
''Sarkidiornis'' is a genus within the family ''Anatidae''. ''Sarkidiornis'' is sometimes considered a monotypic genus with its sole member the knob-billed duck (''S. melanotos''), a cosmopolitan species. Most taxonomic authorities, however, split the species into two: References * https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=175243#null ITIS reference {{Taxonbar, from=Q2712557 Sarkidiornis, Taxa named by Thomas Campbell Eyton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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