The Key to Scientific Names
Edited by James A. Jobling
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- Ilyonetta
(Anatidae; syn. Aythya † Ferruginous Duck A. nyroca) Gr. ιλυς ilus, ιλυος iluos mud, slime; νηττα nētta duck; "Genus Ilyonetta Heine [Nyroca (!) Flemm. 1822]" (Heine 1890); "Ilyonetta Heine, in Heine & Reichenow, 1890, Nomencl. Musei Heineani Ornith., p. 347. New name for Nyroca Fleming, considered barbarous because of its vernacular etymology." (JAJ 2020).
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