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Ducks, Geese, and Swans of the World by Paul A University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Ducks, Geese, and Swans of the World by Paul A. Johnsgard Papers in the Biological Sciences 2010 Ducks, Geese, and Swans of the World: Index Paul A. Johnsgard University of Nebraska-Lincoln, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/biosciducksgeeseswans Part of the Ornithology Commons Johnsgard, Paul A., "Ducks, Geese, and Swans of the World: Index" (2010). Ducks, Geese, and Swans of the World by Paul A. Johnsgard. 19. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/biosciducksgeeseswans/19 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Papers in the Biological Sciences at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Ducks, Geese, and Swans of the World by Paul A. Johnsgard by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Index The following index is limited to the species of Anatidae; species of other bird families are not indexed, nor are subspecies included. However, vernacular names applied to certain subspecies that sometimes are considered full species are included, as are some generic names that are not utilized in this book but which are still sometimes applied to par­ ticular species or species groups. Complete indexing is limited to the entries that correspond to the vernacular names utilized in this book; in these cases the primary species account is indicated in italics. Other vernacular or scientific names are indexed to the section of the principal account only. Abyssinian blue-winged goose. See atratus, Cygnus, 31 Bernier teal. See Madagascan teal blue-winged goose atricapilla, Heteronetta, 365 bewickii, Cygnus, 44 acuta, Anas, 233 aucklandica, Anas, 214 Bewick swan, 38, 43, 44-47; PI. 13 aegyptiacus, Alopochen, 115 Auckland Island merganser, 352, bicolor, Dendrocygna, 10 affinis, Aythya, 307 361 Biziura, 382-85 African black duck, 182-84 auritus, Nettapus, 156 black-bellied whistling (or tree) African pochard. See southern Australasian shoveler, 259, 260-62, duck, 11, 1~ 19, 20, 21-24; Pl. 6 pochard 264 black-billed whistling (or tree) African pygmy goose, 156-58; PI. Australasian white-eye, 292-95, 297 duck. See Cuban whistling duck 33 Australian gray (or black) duck. black brant. See brant goose African yellow-bill. See yellow- See gray duck black duck. See African black duck billed duck Australian blue-billed duck, 373, and North American black duck Aix, 160-65 374, 377, 379, 380-82, 383, 385 black-headed duck, 365-67 albellus, Mergus, 348 Australian shelduck, 120-22, 124, black-necked swan, 34-36; PI. 10 albeola, Bucephala, 338 166 black scoter, 275, 330-33 albifrons, Anser, 55 Australian shoveler. See black swan, 31-34, 36, 99; PI. 9 Alopochen, 115-16 Australasian shoveler blue-billed duck. See Argentine Amazonetta, 167-69 Australian white-eye. See blue-billed duck and Australian americana, Anas, 187 Australasian white-eye blue-billed duck americana, Aythya, 287 Australian wood duck, 165-67 blue duck, 179-80, 181, 182 American eider. See eider australis, Aythya, 292 blue goose. See snow goose American goldeneye. See goldeneye australis, mergus, 360 blue-winged goose, 103-4 American merganser. See goosander australis, Oxyura, 380 blue-winged teal, 202, 249, 250-52, American scoter. See black scoter autumnalis, Dendrocygna, 21 253, 255, 262 American wigeon, 187-89; PI. 37 Aythya, 281-310 brachypterus, Tachyeres, 138 Anas, 180-264 Branta, 74-89 Andean goose, 104-5; PI. 23 baeri, Aythya, 295 brant goose, 82'-86; PI. 19 angustirostris, Marmaronetta, 268 Baer white-eye. See Siberian white­ brasiliensis, Amazonetta, 167 Anser, 49-74 eye Brazilian merganser, 351-52 anser, Anser, 60 Bahama pintail. See white-cheeked Brazilian teal, 159, 167-69 A nseranas, 3-4 pintail bronze-winged duck, 228-30, 231, arborea, Dendrocygna, 20 bahamensis, Anas, 238 232; PI. 43 Arctonetta. See fischeri, Somateria Baikal teal, 198-200; PI. 40 brown pintail, 204, 236-38, 240 arcuata, Dendrocygna, 12 baldpate. See American wigeon brown teal, 211, 213, 214-16 Argentine blue-billed duck, 373, bar-headed goose, 63-66 buccinator, Cygnus, 36 378-80,382 barnacle goose, 78, 80-83, 86; PI. Bucephala, 338-46 Argentine shoveler. See red 18 bufflehead, 338-40; PI. 56 shoveler Barrow goldeneye, 340-43, 344, Burdekin duck. See radjah shelduck armata, Merganetta, 173 345; PI. 57 Asarcornis. See scutulata, Cairina bean goose, 50, 52-55, 60, 63 cackling goose. See Canada goose ashy-headed goose, 106, 109-10, bernicla, Branta, 83 caerulescens, Anser, 66 112, 113; PI. 25 bernieri, Anas, 208 Cairina, 144-48 ••• 401 CalIon etta, 158-60 Coscoroba, 47-49 flightless teal. See brown teal Camptorhynchus, 324-25 coscoroba swan, 34, 47-49; PI. 14 Florida duck. See mallard cana, Tadorna, 118 cotton pygmy goose (or cotton flying steamer duck, 135-36, 137, Canada goose, 55, 67, 75, 76-80, teal), 16, 154-56 138, 139 81,82 crecca, Anas, 200 formosa, Anas, 198 canadensis, Branta, 76 crested duck, 230, 231-33, 237; PI. freckled duck, 99-100 canagicus, Anser, 72 42 fuligula, Aythya, 300 canvasback, 281-84, 285, 286, 287, crested shelduck, 124 fulvous whistling duck, 10-12, 15, 289, 290, 310 cristata, T adorna, 124 16, 18, 21, 23 Cape Barren goose, 93-95; PI. 22 Cuban whistling duck, 7, 8, 17, fusca, Melanitta, 335 capensis, Anas, 206 19-20, 23, 24 Cape shelduck, 118-20; PI. 27 cucullatus, Mergus, 346 gadwall, 192, 194, 195-98 Cape shoveler, 257-60, 263 Cyanochen, 103-4 galericulata, Aix, 163 Cape teal, 204, 206-8, 267; PI. 41 cyanoptera, Anas, 253 gambensis, Plectropterus, 143 caryophyllacea, Rhodonessa, 273 cyanopterus, Cyanochen, 103 garganey, 199, 202, 247-49; PI. 45 castanea, Anas, 211 cygnoides, Anser, 49 georgica, Anas, 236 Cereopsis, 93-95 Cygnopsis. See cygnoides, Anser gibberifrons, Anas, 209 Charitonetta. See albeola, Bucephala Cygnus, 29-47 goldeneye (or common goldeneye), Chaulelasmus. See strepera, Anas cygnus, Cygnus, 39 340, 341, 342, 343-46, 350 Chen. See caerulescens, Anser and goosander, 355, 357-60, 361 rossi, Anser Dendrocygna, 7-24 grass whistle-duck. See plumed Chenonetta, 165-67 Dendronessa. See galericulata, Aix whistling duck Chenopsis. See atratus, Cygnus dis cors , Anas, 250 gray duck, 224-27, 228, 294 chestnut (or chestnut-breasted) teal, dominica, Oxyura, 367 graylag goose, 60-63; PI. 16 211-14, 216 gray teal, 209-11, 212, 214, 294 Chilean pintail. See brown pintail Egyptian goose, 115-16, 119, greater scaup, 301, 303, 305-7, 308, Chilean teal. See speckled teal 129; PI. 26 310; PI. 49 Chiloe wigeon, 187, 190-92, 244; eider (or common eider), 313-15, green pygmy goose, 152-54, 155, 157 PI. 38 316, 318; PI. 50 green-winged teal, 199, 200-4 Chinese goose. See swan goose eiders, 313-23 guttata, Dendrocygna, 7 Chinese merganser, 356-57, 360, emperor goose, 72-74 361 Erismatura. See Oxyura hardhead. See Australasian Chloephaga, 104-12 erythropthalma, Netta, 277 white-eye cinnamon teal, 202, 250, 252, erythropus, Anser, 58 harlequin duck, 325-28, 330; PI. 55 253-55, 256, 257 erythrorhyncha, Anas, 241 Hartlaub duck, 151-52; PI. 32 Clangula, 328-30 Eulabeia. See indicus, Anser hartlaubi, Pteronetta, 151 clangula, Bucephala, 343 Eurasian pochard, 284-86, 290; PI. Hawaiian duck. See mallard clypeata, Anas, 262 47 Hawaiian goose, 74-76; PI. 20 collaris, Aythya, 290 Eurasian wigeon, 184-87 Heteronetta, 365-67 columbianus, Cygnus, 42 European eider. See eider Histrionicus, 325-27 comb duck, 148-50; PI. 29 European teal. See green-winged histrionicus, Histrionicus, 325 common eider. See eider teal hooded merganser, 345, 346-48, common mallard. See mallard eytoni, Dendrocygna, 8 351; PI. 58 common merganser. See goosander hottentota, Anas, 245 common pintail. See pintail fabalis, Anser, 52 Hottentot teal, 24, 242, 243, common pochard. See Eurasian falcata, Anas, 192 245-47, 248 pochard falcated duck (or falcated teal), hybrida, Chloephaga, 108 common scoter. See black scoter 192-94, 198; PI. 39 hyemalis, Clangula, 328 common shelduck. See northern Falkland flightless steamer duck, Hymenolaimus, 179-80 shelduck 138-39 common shoveler. See northern ferina, Aythya, 284 in dicus, Anser, 63 shoveler ferruginea, Tadorna, 116 common teal. See green-winged teal ferruginous white-eye, 296, 297-99, jamaicensis, Oxyura, 369 common white-eye. See ferruginous 300 javanica, Dendrocygna, 15 white-eye fischeri, Somateria, 318 jubata, Chenonetta, 165 coromandelianus, Ne ttap us , 154 flavirostris, Anas, 204 jubatus, Neochen, 113 40~ •••. kelp goose, 108-9 merganser, Mergus, 357 Pacific eider. See eider Kerguelen pintail. See pintail mergansers, 346-61 paradise shelduck. See New king eider, 314, 315-18, 320; PI. 51 Mergellus. See albellus, Mergus Zealand shelduck Mergus, 346-61 patachonicus, Tachyeres, 135 Labrador duck, 325-26 Metopiana. See peposaca, Netta penelope, Anas, 184 labradorius, Camptorhynchus, 324 Mexican duck. See mallard peposaca, Netta, 279 Laysan duck. See mallard mollissima, Somateria, 313 perching ducks, 141-69 lesser scaup, 305, 307-10 moschata, Cairina, 144 perspicillata, Melanitta, 333 lesser whistling duck, 10, 12, 13, mottled duck. See mallard Philacte. See canagicus, Anser 15-17; PI. 5 mountain duck. See Australian Philippine duck, 224-26, 227-28 lesser white-fronted goose, 56, shelduck and blue duck picta, Chloephaga, 105 58-60, 63; PI. 15 muscovy duck, 144-46, 149; PI. 31 pied goose. See magpie goose leucocephala, Oxyura, 373 musk duck, 382-85 pink-eared duck, 261, 265-68 leuconotus, Thalassornis, 24 mute swan, 29-31, 34, 36, 100; PI. pink-footed goose. See bean goose leucophrys, Callonetta, 158 8 pink-headed duck, 273-75, 277 leucopsis, Branta, 80 pintail, 233-36, 237, 238, 252 lobata, Biziura, 382 naevosa, Stictonetta, 99 platalea, Anas, 256 long-tailed duck, 318, 328-30, 333, nene. See Hawaiian goose platyrhynchos, Anas, 216 348; PI. 54 Neochen, 113-14 Plectropterus, 143-44 Lophodytes. See cucullatus, Mergus Nesochen.
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