The Key to Scientific Names
- clangula
Mod. L. clangula little shouter, babbler < dim. L. clangere to resound (cf. Gr. κλαγγαζω klangazō the babble of cranes; κλαγγη klangē cry, scream); "61. ANAS. ... Clangula. 20. A. nigro alboque varia, capite tumido nigro-viridi; sinu oris macula alba. Fn. svec. 100. It. œl. 49. Clangula. Gesn. av. 119. Alb. av. I. p. 92. t. 96. Anas platyrhynchos mas. Aldr. orn. l. 19. c. 42. Will. orn. 282. t. 73. Raj. av. 142. Habitat in Europa; sæpius maritima. Urinatur egregie, quæsitura cochleas, trachea ventricosa, oculis æneis." (Linnaeus 1758) (Bucephala).
- CLANGULA
(Anatidae; Ϯ Long-tailed Duck C. hyemalis) Mod. L. clangula little shouter, babbler < dim. L. clangere to resound (cf. Gr. κλαγγαζω klangazō the babble of cranes; κλαγγη klangē cry, scream); flocks of wintering Long-tailed Duck on the sea emit distinctive yodelling notes which can be heard for some distance; "Genus CLANGULA, Gessner, (Garrot). Species CLANGULA GLACIALIS, (Northern Garrot). ... The vulgar name is Long-tailed Duck. The most remarkable circumstance connected with this bird was the construction of its trachea. ... The use of these complicated organs, more remarkable in the duck species than in any other of the feathered tribe, has yet to be demonstrated by the physiologist" (Leach in Ross 1819); “Clangula, the name commonly used for the Golden-eye, dates from 1819 ... The type species on which this name was founded, was undoubtedly the Long-tailed Duck and not the Golden-eye” (BOU 1915); "Clangula Leach, in Ross, Voy. Disc., 1819, App., p. xlviii. Type, by monotypy, Anas glacialis Linné = Anas hyemalis Linné." (Peters, 1931, I, p. 178).
Var. Glangula.
Synon. Crymonessa, Harelda, Melonetta, Pagonetta.
● (Anatidae; syn. Bucephala † Bufflehead B. albeola) “Clangula: A. albeola Lin. Wils. pl. 67 fig. 2." (Boie 1826); “Clangula Boie, 1826, Isis von Oken, col. 980 (not of Leach, 1819). Type, by monotypy, Anas albeola Linnaeus,1758.” (JAJ 2023).
● (Anatidae; quasi-syn. Bucephala † Common Goldeneye B. clangula) “Genera et Species typicae. ... c. * Clangula Flemm. glaucion (Anas — L. Gm.) Flmm. Tab. VIII. Caput, culmen, — Ic. Av. t. 74. ic. 96—98 et 99. III et 385.” (Reichenbach 1853); “Clangula “Flemm.” Reichenbach, 1853, Avium Systema Naturale, p. VIII (not of Leach, 1819, nor of Fleming, 1822, nor of Boie, 1826, nor of Warlow, 1833, nor of Selby, 1840). Type, by original designation, Anas glaucion Linnaeus, 1758 = Anas clangula Linnaeus, 1758.” (JAJ 2023).
● (Anatidae; syn. Histrionicus † Harlequin Duck H. histrionicus) "Gen. Clangula. Clangula Histrionica. Harlequin Duck.” (Warlow 1833); “Clangula Warlow, 1833, Journal Asiatic Soc. Bengal, II (14), p. 100 (not of Leach, 1819, nor of Fleming, 1822, nor of Boie, 1826). Type, by monotypy, Clangula histrionica Warlow, 1833, i.e. Anas histrionicus Linnaeus, 1758.” (JAJ 2023).
● (Anatidae; syn. Oxyura † Blue-billed Duck O. australis) “Genus Clangula, FLEM. ... Clang. (Oxyura, GOULD.) Australis. Australia.” (Selby 1840); “Clangula “Flem.” Selby, 1840, Cat. Generic Subgeneric Types Aves, p. 47 (not of Leach, 1819, nor of Fleming, 1822, nor of Boie, 1826, nor of Warlow, 1833). Type, by monotypy, Oxyura australis Gould, 1837.” (JAJ 2023).
