Crested Duck

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Crested Duck can mean:-

• A species of wild duck: described below.
• The Crested Duck (domestic breed), which is a variety of domesticated duck.

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Crested Duck
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Anseriformes Family: Anatidae Genus: Lophonetta Riley, 1914 Species: L. specularioides
Binomial name
Lophonetta specularioides (King, 1828)
Subspecies
L. s. alticola Andean Crested Duck L. s. specularioides Southern Crested Duck
Synonyms
Anas specularioides

The Crested Duck (Lophonetta specularioides) is a species of duck native to South America, the only member of the monotypic genus Lophonetta. It is sometimes included in Anas, but it belongs to a South American clade that diverged early in dabbling duck evolution (Johnson & Sorenson, 1999).

[edit] References

• Johnson, Kevin P. & Sorenson, Michael D. (1999): Phylogeny and biogeography of dabbling ducks (genus Anas): a comparison of molecular and morphological evidence. Auk 116(3): 792–805. PDF fulltext