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Binomial name; Aix sponsa (Linnaeus, 1758) ... The wood duck or Carolina duck (Aix sponsa) is a partially migratory species of perching duck found in North America.
The Australian wood duck was first described by the English ornithologist John Latham in 1801 under the binomial name Anas jubata. [4]The flightless New Zealand species Chenonetta finschi (Finsch's duck) which was formerly believed to constitute a monotypic genus (Euryanas) has been determined to belong to Chenonetta. [5]
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population Wood duck Aix sponsa (Linnaeus, 1758) North American species, [4] eastern half of the United States, and from southern Canada to northern Mexico: Size: The wood duck has a mass of 500–700 grams (18–25 oz). It is 41–49 centimeters (16 ...
Common name Binomial name + authority IOC sequence White-faced whistling duck: Dendrocygna viduata (Linnaeus, 1766) 1 Black-bellied whistling duck: Dendrocygna autumnalis (Linnaeus, 1758) 2 Spotted whistling duck: Dendrocygna guttata Schlegel, 1866: 3 West Indian whistling duck: Dendrocygna arborea (Linnaeus, 1758) 4 Fulvous whistling duck
Binomial name; Asarcornis scutulata (Müller, 1842) ... The white-winged duck or white-winged wood duck (Asarcornis scutulata) is a large species of duck, ...
The binomial name often reflects limited knowledge or hearsay about a species at the time it was named. For instance Pan troglodytes, the chimpanzee, and Troglodytes troglodytes, the wren, are not necessarily cave-dwellers. Sometimes a genus name or specific descriptor is simply the Latin or Greek name for the animal (e.g. Canis is Latin for ...
A complete binomial name is always treated grammatically as if it were a phrase in the Latin language (hence the common use of the term "Latin name" for a binomial name). However, the two parts of a binomial name can each be derived from a number of sources, of which Latin is only one. These include:
[46] [47] The Call duck is another example of a domestic duck breed. Its name comes from its original use established by hunters, as a decoy to attract wild mallards from the sky, into traps set for them on the ground. The call duck is the world's smallest domestic duck breed, as it weighs less than 1 kg (2.2 lb). [48]