Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Bloubekeend |
| Catalan | malvasia africana |
| Czech | kachnice africká |
| Danish | Afrikansk Skarveand |
| Dutch | Afrikaanse Stekelstaart |
| English | Maccoa Duck |
| English (United States) | Maccoa Duck |
| Finnish | afrikankuparisorsa |
| French | Érismature maccoa |
| French (France) | Érismature maccoa |
| German | Afrikaruderente |
| Icelandic | Skarfönd |
| Japanese | アフリカオタテガモ |
| Norwegian | kaffeand |
| Polish | sterniczka afrykańska |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Pato-de-rabo-alçado-africano |
| Russian | Африканская савка |
| Serbian | Afrička plavokljuna patka |
| Slovak | potápnica čiernohlavá |
| Spanish | Malvasía Maccoa |
| Spanish (Spain) | Malvasía maccoa |
| Swedish | afrikansk kopparand |
| Turkish | Afrika Dikkuyruğu |
| Ukrainian | Савка африканська |
Oxyura maccoa (Eyton, 1838)
PROTONYM:
Erismatura maccoa
Eyton, 1838. A monograph on the Anatidæ, or duck tribe, p.169.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Indian Isles = South Africa.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- OXYURA
- oxyura
- maccoa
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Maccoa Duck Oxyura maccoa Scientific name definitions
Carles Carboneras, Guy M. Kirwan, and Christopher J. Sharpe
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated December 29, 2017
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated December 29, 2017
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Revision History
Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Maccoa Duck Oxyura maccoa
Authors
Carles Carboneras, Guy M. Kirwan, and Christopher J. Sharpe
Recommended Citation
Carboneras, C., G. M. Kirwan, and C. J. Sharpe (2020). Maccoa Duck (Oxyura maccoa), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.macduc1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- December 29, 2017
- Maccoa Duck Oxyura maccoa
Authors
Carles Carboneras, Guy M. Kirwan, and Christopher J. Sharpe
Revisors
Guy M. Kirwan and Christopher J. Sharpe
Recommended Citation
Carboneras, C., G. M. Kirwan, and C. J. Sharpe (2017). Maccoa Duck (Oxyura maccoa). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
