Sarkidiornis
Sign in to saveSarkidiornis is a genus within the family Anatidae comprising two species that inhabit aquatic environments in tropical and subtropical regions of South America, Africa and southern Asia. Sarkidiornis is sometimes considered a monotypic genus with its sole member the knob-billed duck (S. melanotos), a cosmopolitan species.
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It sits within the topics Sarkidiornis, Taxa named by Thomas Campbell Eyton and Taxonbars of monotypic genera missing species on Wikidata.
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- Tadorninae
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Sarkidiornis is a genus within the family Anatidae comprising two species that inhabit aquatic environments in tropical and subtropical regions of South America, Africa and southern Asia. Sarkidiornis is sometimes considered a monotypic genus with its sole member the knob-billed duck (S. melanotos), a cosmopolitan species.
==Taxonomy== This genus was first described in 1838 by Thomas Campbell Eyton. The type species, Anser melanotos (S. melanotos), was originally described in 1769 by Thomas Pennant, based on a bird collected in what is now Sri Lanka.
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