Aythya
Aythya is a genus of diving ducks. It has twelve described species. The name Aythya comes from the Ancient Greek word αυθυια (<span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">aithuia), which may have referred to a sea-dwelling duck or an auklet.[1]
Aythya | |
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Common pochard (Aythya ferina) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | Anseriformes |
Family: | Anatidae |
Tribe: | Aythyini |
Genus: | Aythya F. Boie, 1822 |
Species | |
12 species, see text |
Species
Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution | Conservation status |
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A. valisineria | Canvasback | North America | least concern | |
A. ferina | Common pochard | Northern Europe into Asia | vulnerable | |
A. americana | Redhead | North America, from as far north as Northern Canada to the lower United States | least concern | |
A. collaris | Ring-necked duck | Northern United States and Canada | least concern | |
A. australis | Hardhead | Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand, and the islands of the Pacific | least concern | |
A. baeri | Baer's pochard | Southeast Russia and northeast China, migrating in winter to southern China, Vietnam, Japan, and India | critically endangered | |
A. nyroca | Ferruginous duck | From Iberia and the Maghreb east to western Mongolia, south to Arabia | near threatened | |
A. innotata | Madagascar pochard | Madagascar | critically endangered | |
A. novaeseelandiae | New Zealand scaup | New Zealand | least concern | |
A. fuligula | Tufted duck | Throughout temperate and northern Eurasia; occasional visitor to the United States and Canada | least concern | |
A. marila | Greater scaup | Alaska, northern Canada, Siberia, and the northernmost reaches of Europe | least concern | |
A. affinis | Lesser scaup | Alaska through western Canada to western Montana, Central America | least concern |
Aythya Media
A tufted duck in flight showing the white wingbar
References
- ↑ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 64. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.