West Indian Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna arborea Scientific name definitions
- NT Near Threatened
- Names (31)
- Monotypic
Carles Carboneras and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated March 14, 2017
Text last updated March 14, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Wes-Indiese Fluiteend |
| Bulgarian | Карибска дървесна патица |
| Catalan | ànec arbori de les Antilles |
| Croatian | antilska utva |
| Czech | husička stromová |
| Danish | Cubatræand |
| Dutch | West-Indische Fluiteend |
| English | West Indian Whistling-Duck |
| English (Hong Kong SAR China) | West Indian Whistling Duck |
| English (Kenya) | West Indian Whistling Duck |
| English (United States) | West Indian Whistling-Duck |
| French | Dendrocygne des Antilles |
| French (France) | Dendrocygne des Antilles |
| German | Kubapfeifgans |
| Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Jenjon fran |
| Icelandic | Brúnblístra |
| Japanese | ハシグロリュウキュウガモ |
| Norwegian | palmeplystreand |
| Polish | drzewica karaibska |
| Russian | Кубинская древесная утка |
| Serbian | Karipska patka pištalica |
| Slovak | stromárka veľká |
| Spanish | Suirirí Yaguaza |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Yaguasa |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Yaguaza |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Pijije Yaguaza |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Chiriría Caribeña |
| Spanish (Spain) | Suirirí yaguaza |
| Swedish | karibvisseland |
| Turkish | Karayip Islıkçı Ördeği |
| Ukrainian | Свистач кубинський |
Dendrocygna arborea (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Anas arborea
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.128.
TYPE LOCALITY:
America = Jamaica.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- DENDROCYGNA
- arborea / arboreus
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the West Indian Whistling-Duck
