Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Wes-Indiese Fluiteend |
| Croatian | antilska utva |
| Czech | husička stromová |
| Danish | Cubatræand |
| Dutch | West-Indische Fluiteend |
| English | West Indian Whistling-Duck |
| English (Kenya) | West Indian Whistling Duck |
| English (South Africa) | West Indian Whistling Duck |
| English (United States) | West Indian Whistling-Duck |
| French | Dendrocygne des Antilles |
| French (France) | Dendrocygne des Antilles |
| German | Kubapfeifgans |
| Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Jenjon fran |
| Icelandic | Brúnblístra |
| Japanese | ハシグロリュウキュウガモ |
| Norwegian | palmeplystreand |
| Polish | drzewica karaibska |
| Russian | Кубинская древесная утка |
| Serbian | Karipska patka pištalica |
| Slovak | stromárka veľká |
| Spanish | Suirirí Yaguaza |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Yaguasa |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Yaguaza |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Pijije Yaguaza |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Chiriría Caribeña |
| Spanish (Spain) | Suirirí yaguaza |
| Swedish | karibvisseland |
| Turkish | Karayip Islıkçı Ördeği |
| Ukrainian | Свистач кубинський |
Dendrocygna arborea (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Anas arborea
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.128.
TYPE LOCALITY:
America = Jamaica.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- DENDROCYGNA
- arborea / arboreus
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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
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/: separates historical and modern geographic names
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TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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West Indian Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna arborea Scientific name definitions
Carles Carboneras and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated March 14, 2017
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated March 14, 2017
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- West Indian Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna arborea
Authors
Carles Carboneras and Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Carboneras, C. and G. M. Kirwan (2020). West Indian Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna arborea), 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.wiwduc1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- March 14, 2017
- West Indian Whistling-duck Dendrocygna arborea
Authors
Carles Carboneras and Guy M. Kirwan
Revisors
Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Carboneras, C. and G. M. Kirwan (2017). West Indian Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna arborea). 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.