Aythya
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 Canvasback (Aythya valisineria)
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Aythya is a genus of diving ducks.
[edit] Species
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Pochard Aythya ferina
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Hardhead Aythya australis
- Baer's Pochard Aythya baeri
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Madagascar Pochard Aythya innotata
- New Zealand Scaup Aythya novaeseelandiae
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
An undescribed prehistoric species is known only from Early Pleistocene fossil remains found at Dursunlu, Turkey (Louchart et al. 1998).
[edit] References
- Louchart, Antoine; Mourer-Chauviré, Cécile; Guleç, Erksin; Howell, Francis Clark & White, Tim D. (1998): L'avifaune de Dursunlu, Turquie, Pléistocène inférieur: climat, environnement et biogéographie. C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris IIA 327(5): 341-346. [French with English abridged version] DOI:10.1016/S1251-8050(98)80053-0 (HTML abstract)
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