| White-winged duck | |
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| At Sylvan Heights Waterfowl Park, North Carolina, United States | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Anseriformes |
| Family: | Anatidae |
| Genus: | Asarcornis Salvadori, 1895 |
| Species: | A. scutulata
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| Binomial name | |
| Asarcornis scutulata (Müller, 1842)
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| Synonyms | |
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Cairina scutulata | |
The white-winged duck or white-winged wood duck (Asarcornis scutulata) is a large species of duck, formerly placed in the genus Cairina with the Muscovy duck (Cairina moschata) and allied with the dabbling ducks. However, mtDNA cytochrome b and NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 sequence analysis indicate that the anatomical similarity to the Muscovy duck is deceiving and that the species is appropriately placed in a monotypic genus, as Asarcornis scutulata, which is evolutionarily closer to the redhead (Aythya americana, one of the diving ducks).[3][4]
- ^ BirdLife International (2024). "Asarcornis scutulata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2024: e.T22680064A244637841. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-2.RLTS.T22680064A244637841.en. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- ^ Johnson, Kevin P.; Sorenson, Michael D. (1999). "Phylogeny and biogeography of dabbling ducks (genus Anas): a comparison of molecular and morphological evidence" (PDF). Auk. 116 (3): 792–805. doi:10.2307/4089339. JSTOR 4089339.
- ^ Carboneras, C. & Kirwan, G.M. (2019). White-winged Duck (Asarcornis scutulata). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from https://www.hbw.com/node/52847 on 14 July 2019).