Maccoa Duck Oxyura maccoa Scientific name definitions
- EN Endangered
- Names (26)
- Monotypic
Carles Carboneras, Guy M. Kirwan, and Christopher J. Sharpe
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated December 29, 2017
Text last updated December 29, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Bloubekeend |
| Bulgarian | Капска тръноопашата потапница |
| Catalan | malvasia africana |
| Czech | kachnice africká |
| Danish | Afrikansk Skarveand |
| Dutch | Afrikaanse Stekelstaart |
| English | Maccoa Duck |
| English (United States) | Maccoa Duck |
| Finnish | afrikankuparisorsa |
| French | Érismature maccoa |
| French (France) | Érismature maccoa |
| German | Afrikaruderente |
| Icelandic | Skarfönd |
| Japanese | アフリカオタテガモ |
| Norwegian | kaffeand |
| Polish | sterniczka afrykańska |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Pato-de-rabo-alçado-africano |
| Russian | Африканская савка |
| Serbian | Afrička plavokljuna patka |
| Slovak | potápnica čiernohlavá |
| Spanish | Malvasía Maccoa |
| Spanish (Spain) | Malvasía maccoa |
| Swedish | afrikansk kopparand |
| Turkish | Afrika Dikkuyruğu |
| Ukrainian | Савка африканська |
| Zulu | idadelikhandamnyama |
Oxyura maccoa (Eyton, 1838)
PROTONYM:
Erismatura maccoa
Eyton, 1838. A monograph on the Anatidæ, or duck tribe, p.169.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Indian Isles = South Africa.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- OXYURA
- oxyura
- maccoa
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 Maccoa Duck
