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Tadorna
Boie, 1822
(bird)
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Tadorninae (Subfamily) - sheldrakes
..Alopochen (Genus)
..†Anabernicula (Genus)
..†Brantadorna (Genus)
..Chloephaga (Genus)
..Cyanochen (Genus)
..Hymenolaimus (Genus)
..Merganetta (Genus)
..Neochen (Genus)
..Plectropterus (Genus)
..Sarkidiornis (Genus)
..Tachyeres (Genus)
..Tadorna (Genus)
....Tadorna cana (Species) - South African shelduck
....Tadorna cristata (Species) - crested shelduck
....Tadorna ferruginea (Species) - ruddy shelduck
....Tadorna radjah (Species) - radjah shelduck
....Tadorna tadorna (Species) - common shelduck
....Tadorna tadornoides (Species) - Australian shelduck
....Tadorna variegata (Species) - paradise shelduck
Authorship
Original name
:
Boie, 1822. Tagebuch Reise durch Norwegen, 140, 351; 1822 (May), Isis, 1822, 564.
Types
Type of
:
Tadorninae
(Subfamily)
Reichenbach
Type, by absolute tautonymy
:
Tadorna tadorna
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Ref:
B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993
: 15.
[implicit]
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Casarca
(Genus)
Bonaparte, 1838
Ref:
PBDB
: 22 Apr 2018.
Synonymous name
:
Todarna
(Genus)
Reichenbach, 1852-53
Ref:
PBDB
: 26 Jan 2016.
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
bergeenden
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
radjah shelduck
Ref:
1994
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