Overview
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Auckland Is. Merganser, Auckland Island Merganser, Auckland Islands Merganser
Common Names in French:
Harle Austral
Description
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Habitat
Biome: Freshwater
Taxonomy
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- Kingdom:
Animalia
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)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Class:
Aves
()
- Birds
- Order:
Anseriformes
()
- Ducks, Geese
- Order:
Anseriformes
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- Class:
Aves
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- Phylum:
Chordata
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Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Mergus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 15 species and subspecies in this genus:
M. albellus (Smew) · M. albellus linnaeus · M. australis (Auckland Islands Merganser) · M. cucullatus (Hooded Merganser) · M. merganser (Common Merganser) · M. merganser americanus (Common Merganser) · M. merganser merganser · M. merganser orientalis · M. octosetaceus (Brazilian Merganser) · M. orientalis · M. serrator (Red-Breasted Merganser) · M. serrator linnaeus (Red-Breasted Goosander) · M. serrator schioleri (Red-Breasted Merganser) · M. serrator serrator (Red-Breasted Merganser) · M. squamatus (Scaly-Sided Merganser)
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Further Reading
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- Archiv für Naturgeschichte. Berlin: Nicolai, 1835- GER url p. 382.
- Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
- BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. ENG url p. 55.
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) ENG url p. 212, p. 250.
- Catalogue of birds of the Americas and the adjacent islands in Field Museum of Natural History. Charles E. Hellmayr, Boardman Conover. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1948. ENG url p. 406.
- Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. London, 1874-98. ENG url p. 484.
- Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1988. 1988 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- Ibis. [London]Published for the British Ornithologists' Union by Academic Press. ENG url p. 242, p. 359, p. 565, p. 756.
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] ENG url p. 617.
- The Cambridge natural history, ed. by S.F. Harmer and A.E. Shipley [London, Macmillan and co., limited;1895-1909] ENG url p. 614.
- The zoology of the voyage of the H.M.S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, during the years 1839 to 1843. By authority of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Edited by John Richardson and John Edward Gray. London, E. W. Janson, 1844-1875. ENG url p. 16, p. 32.
- Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. Wellington: J. Hughes, Printer, 1869-1934. ENG url p. 113, p. 88, p. 99.
Notes
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Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- BirdLife International 2004. Mergus australis. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3854437
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-175191
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 175191
- IUCN ID: 13154
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 6497
