The Key to Scientific Names
Edited by James A. Jobling
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- Callichen
(Anatidae; syn. Netta † Red-crested Pochard N. rufina) Gr. καλλος kallos beauty < καλος kalos beautiful; khēn, χηνος khēnos goose; "Kolbenente. Callichen *), Br. ... *) Von καλος, schön und χην, Gans, Ente. ... Die rothköpfige Kolbenente. Callichen ruficeps, Br. (Platypus rufinus, Br., Anas rufina, Pall. N.W. 1. Ausg. Taf. 32, 63. 64.)" (C. Brehm 1830); "Callichen Brehm, Isis, 1830, col. 999—type, by monotypy, Callichen ruficeps "Brehm" = Anas rufina Pallas." (Hellmayr and Conover, 1948, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. I (2), p. 365).
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