The Key to Scientific Names

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Chenopis

(Anatidaesyn. Cygnus Ï® Black Swan C. atratus) Gr. χην khÄ“n, Ï‡Î·Î½Î¿Ï‚ khÄ“nos  goose; οψις opsis  appearance; "41. Genus. Chenopis Wagl.,  Gansschwan.   Der Schnabel gänseartig  ...  Das Gefieder des Halfes wie bey Gänsen.  Species: Ch. atrata (Cygnus atrat. Auct.)" (Wagler 1832); "Chenopis Wagler, Isis, 1832, col. 1234. Type, by monotypy, Ch. atrata = Anas atrata Latham." (Peters, 1931, I, p. 144).
Var. Chenopsis.


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