Black-headed Duck Heteronetta atricapilla Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (29)
- Monotypic
Peter E. Lowther
Version: 1.1 — Published July 10, 2024
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Черноглава потапница |
| Catalan | ànec capnegre |
| Czech | kachnice černohlavá |
| Danish | Snylteand |
| Dutch | Koekoekseend |
| English | Black-headed Duck |
| English (United States) | Black-headed Duck |
| Finnish | loissorsa |
| French | Hétéronette à tête noire |
| French (France) | Hétéronette à tête noire |
| German | Kuckucksente |
| Icelandic | Gaukönd |
| Japanese | ズグロガモ |
| Norwegian | gjøkand |
| Polish | pasożytka |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | marreca-de-cabeça-preta |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Marreca-de-cabeça-preta |
| Russian | Черноголовая утка |
| Serbian | Patagonska crnoglava patka |
| Slovak | zanášavka čiernohlavá |
| Spanish | Pato Rinconero |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Pato Cabeza Negra |
| Spanish (Chile) | Pato rinconero |
| Spanish (Paraguay) | Pato cabeza negra |
| Spanish (Spain) | Pato rinconero |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Pato Cabeza Negra |
| Swedish | svarthuvad and |
| Turkish | Guguk Ördeği |
| Ukrainian | Качка чорноголова |
Revision Notes
Vicente Pantoja updated this version of the account by including all the information present in the journals "Boletín informativo CIPA", "Boletín Chileno de Ornitología", "Revista Chilena de Ornitología" and "La Chiricoca" as part of a partnership with Red de Observadores de Aves y Vida Silvestre de Chile (ROC).
Heteronetta atricapilla (Merrem, 1841)
PROTONYM:
Anas atricapilla
Merrem, 1841. Allgemeine Encyclopädie der Wissenschaften und Kunste in alphabetischer Folge von genannten Schriftstellern bearbeitet und herausgeben von J.S. Ersch und J.G. Gruber sect.1, no.35, p.26.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Buenos Aires.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- HETERONETTA
- atricapilla
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)
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Distribution of the Black-headed Duck
