The Key to Scientific Names

Edited by James A. Jobling
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Pachyanas

‡ (Anatidae; syn. Anas † Chatham Duck A. chathamica) Gr. παχυς pakhus  large, stout; L. anas, anatis  duck; "Pachyanas Oliver, 1955, New Zealand Birds, 2nd ed.: 599 — type (by original designation) Pachyanas chathamica Oliver." (Checklist Birds New Zealand, 3rd ed., 1990, p. 105).  The stoutly built Chatham Duck probably became extinct in the 16th century.


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