Species Detail: Sarkidiornis melanotos
Taxonomy / Classification
Scientific Name: Sarkidiornis melanotos
 
Authority: (Pennant, 1769)
 
Synonyms:
 
Common Names:
Common Names Location Language
Comb Duck Global English
Knobbeleend Dutch Caribbean Dutch
Pato arrocero Global Spanish
 
 
Formal Taxonomy:
Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus
Animalia Chordata Aves
(Birds)		 Anseriformes
(Waterfowl)		 Anatidae Sarkidiornis
 
Taxonomic Comments:
 
General Species Description:

Conservation Status
Status type Location Status Review date
CITES Global II

Habitats Terrestrially widely distributed: No

Habitat subtype Description Comments
TERRESTRIAL - freshwater lagoon (incl artificial)

Distribution Status
Distributions Occurrence Status Description
Global

Location Occurrence Status Description
Bonaire Casual visitor from South America
Curaçao Casual visitor from South America

Population No Population listed.

Threats No Threats listed.

Uses No Uses listed.

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References
Citation Author Reference Type
Birds of the Netherlands Antilles / Karel Hendrik Voous ; coloured plates by Henk J. Slijper. - Voous, Karel Hendrik. - 327 p. : ill., pl. ; 20 cm. - [2nd, rev. ed., English version]. - With bibliogr., index. - 1st ed.: 1955, Dutch version (De vogels van de Nederlandse Antillen). - 90-6011-157-5. - Zutphen : Walburg Pers, 1983 Voous, Karel Hendrik Published document

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