Malacorhynchus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Anseriformes
- Family
- Anatidae
- Genus
- Malacorhynchus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Malacorhynchus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Malacorhynchus
Malacorhynchus is a genus of duck within the family Anatidae. It was established in 1831 by English ornithologist William Swainson, when he proposed moving the pink-eared duck into a subgenus (Malacorhynchus) based on unique characters of its beak and toes. The genus contains one living and one extinct species.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Aix
- Aix × Anas
- Aix × Lophodytes
- Aix × Mareca
- Alopochen
- Alopochen × Cairina
- Amazonetta
- Anas
- Anas × Aythya
- Anas × Cairina
- Anas × Mareca
- Anas × Netta
- Anas × Sibirionetta
- Anas × Spatula
- Anser
- Anser × Cygnus
- Asarcornis
- Aythya
- Aythya × Mergus
- Biziura
- Branta
- Branta × Anser
- Bucephala
- Bucephala × Lophodytes
- Bucephala × Mergellus
- Cairina
- Callonetta
- Camptorhynchus
- Centrornis
- Cereopsis
- Chendytes
- Chenonetta
- Chloephaga
- Clangula
- Cnemiornis
- Coscoroba
- Cyanochen
- Cygnus
- Dendrocygna
- Heteronetta
- Histrionicus
- Hymenolaimus
- Lophodytes
- Lophodytes × Mergellus
- Lophodytes × Mergus
- Lophonetta
- Malacorhynchus
- Mareca
- Mareca × Spatula
- Marmaronetta
- Melanitta
- Merganetta
- Mergellus
- Mergus
- Netta
- Netta × Aythya
- Nettapus
- Nomonyx
- Oressochen
- Oxyura
- Plectropterus
- Polysticta
- Pteronetta
- Radjah
- Rhodonessa
- Salvadorina
- Sarkidiornis
- Sibirionetta
- Somateria
- Somateria × Mergus
- Spatula
- Speculanas
- Stictonetta
- Tachyeres
- Tadorna
- Tadorna × Anas
- Talpanas
- Thalassornis
- Thambetochenini