Order
Anseriformes
Family
Anatidae
Genus
Heteronetta
 
Neotropical Birds
Version  1.0
This is a historic version of this account.   Current version

Black-headed Duck Heteronetta atricapilla

Peter E. Lowther
Version: 1.0 — Published October 15, 2010

References

Introduction

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Cofré, H. L., Y. A. Vilina, J. Aguirre, W. Egli, M-D. García, H. Kocksch, J. Rottmann, H. Seeger and C. Tala. 2007. Local distribution, abundance and conservation of Black-headed Duck in the Mediterranean wetlands of Chile. Waterbirds 30: 412-416.

Hellmayr, C. E., and B. Conover. 1948. Catalogue of birds of the Americas. Part I, number 2. Field Museum of Natural History Zoological Series volume 13, part 1, number 2.

Höhn, E. O. 1975. Notes on Black-headed Ducks, Painted Snipe, and Spotted Tinamous. Auk 92: 566-575.

Jaramillo, A. 2003. Birds of Chile. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey.

Johnsgard, P. A. 1997. The avian brood parasites. Deception at the nest. Oxford University Press, New York, NY.


Livezey, B. C. 1986. A phylogenetic analysis of Recent anseriform genera using morphological characters. Auk 103: 737-754.

Livezey, B. C. 1995. Phylogeny and comparative ecology of stiff-tailed ducks (Anatidae: Oxyurini). Wilson Bulletin 107: 214-234.

Madge, S., and H. Burn. 1988. Waterfowl. An identification guide to the ducks, geese and swans of the world. Houghton Mifflin Company, New York, New York.

McCracken, K. G., J. Harshman, D. A. McClellan and A. D. Afton. 1999. Data set incongruence and correlated character evolution: an example of functional convergence in the hind-limbs of stifftail diving ducks. Systematic Biology 48: 683-714.


McKinney, F. 1965. The comfort movements of Anatidae. Behaviour 25: 120-220.

Olrog, C. 1974. Recoveries of banded Argentine waterfowl. Bird Banding 45: 170-177.


Powell, A. 1979. Cuckoo in the nest. Wildfowl News 81: 15-16.


Rees, E. C., and N. Hillgarth. 1984. The breeding biology of captive Black-headed Ducks and the behavior of their young. Condor 86: 242-250.


Todd, F. S. 1979. Waterfowl. Ducks, geese and swans of the world. Seaworld Press, San Diego, California.


Weller, M. W. 1967a. Notes on plumages and weights of the Black-headed Duck, Heteronetta atricapilla. Condor 69: 133-145.


Weller, M. W. 1967b. Distribution and habitat selection of the Black-headed Duck (Heteronetta atricapilla). Hornero 10: 299-306.


Weller, M. W. 1968. The breeding biology of the parasitic Black-headed Duck. Living Bird 7: 169-208.

Recommended Citation

Lowther, P. E. (2010). Black-headed Duck (Heteronetta atricapilla), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.blhduc1.01
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