Crested duck

This article is about the wild species. For the domestic breed, see Crested duck (breed).

Crested duck
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Subfamily: Anatinae
Genus: Lophonetta
Riley, 1914
Species:
L. specularioides
Binomial name
Lophonetta specularioides
(King, 1828)
Subspecies
  • L. s. alticola Ménégaux, 1909
    Andean crested duck
  • L. s. specularioides King, 1828
    southern crested duck
Synonyms

Anas specularioides

The crested duck or South American crested duck[2] (Lophonetta specularioides) is a species of duck native to South America, belonging to the monotypic genus Lophonetta. It is sometimes included in Anas, but it belongs to a South American clade that diverged early in dabbling duck evolution.[3] There are two subspecies: L. specularioides alticola (Andean crested duck) and L. specularioides specularioides (Patagonian crested duck). The Patagonian crested duck is also called the southern crested duck and its range lies in the Falklands, Chile, and Argentina.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Lophonetta specularioides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22680130A92845539. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22680130A92845539.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ Burridge, John T. (2009). Burridge's Multilingual Dictionary of Birds of the World: Volume II. pp. 14
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Johnson was invoked but never defined (see the help page).