The Key to Scientific Names
Edited by James A. Jobling
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- Erionetta
(Anatidae; syn. Somateria † King Eider S. spectabilis) Gr. εριον erion wool, down; νηττα nētta duck; "among the eiders proper I would now separate the king eider subgenerically, under the name of Erionetta, from Somateria proper" (Coues 1884); "Erionetta Coues, Key N. Amer. Bds., 2nd ed., p. 709. 1884—type, by monotypy, Anas spectabilis Linnaeus." (Hellmayr and Conover, 1948, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. I (2), p. 385).
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