IRMNG - Dendrocygnidae

IRMNG taxon details

Dendrocygnidae

IRMNG_ID

106309 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:106309)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Anseriformes

Direct children (3)

Ordering

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Genus Dendrocycna Agassiz, 1846 accepted as Dendrocygna Swainson, 1837
Genus Dendrocygnus Swainson, 1838 accepted as Dendrocygna Swainson, 1837
Genus Thalassiornis Gray, 1840 accepted as Thalassornis Eyton, 1838

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Not documented

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark Alternately treated as a subfamily of Anatidae.

Taxonomic remark Alternately treated as a subfamily of Anatidae. [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Dendrocygnidae. Accessed at: https://irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106309 on 2024-10-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-19 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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Sources (3)
Notes (3)

basis of record CoL2006/ITIS [details]

extant flag source as per included genera [details]

habitat flag source web search (AJR) [details]

Unreviewed

Classification Eukaryota (Superkingdom) > Animalia (Kingdom) > Eumetazoa (Subkingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Aves (Class) > Neornithes (Subclass) > Neognathae (Superorder) > Anseriformes (Order) > Dendrocygnidae (Family) [details]

Descriptive info Whistling ducks. Includes marine genera (Aphia 2006) [details]

Taxonomic remark Alternately treated as a subfamily of Anatidae. [details]