The Key to Scientific Names

Edited by James A. Jobling
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Afranas

(Anatidae; syn. Anas Yellow-billed Duck A. undulata) L. Afer, Afra  African  < Africa  Africa; anas, anatis  duck; "A. undulata Dubois differs in colour markings, has no seasonal change of plumage and the claws longer and sharper; it may therefore be referred to a new genus, AFRANAS." (A. Roberts 1922); "Afranas A. Roberts, 1922, Annals Transvaal Mus., VIII (4), p. 204.  Type, by monotypy, Anas undulata Dubois, 1839." (JAJ 2020) (see Melananas).


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